different between staglike vs stagelike

English

stag +? -like

staglike (comparative more staglike, superlative most staglike)

stage +? -like

stagelike (comparative more stagelike, superlative most stagelike)

Resembling or characteristic of a stage (setting where a dramatic work is performed).
(sciences) proceeding through discrete stages; often used of developmental processes.
- 1997, Bonatti et al., "Precis of beyond modularity," Behavioral and Brain Science 20(2), 351-360
  "Contra Piaget, I argue that:(1) development rarely involves stagelike domain-general change."

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