different between staph vs stap

English

Etymology

Shortening of staphylococcus.

Noun

staph (countable and uncountable, plural staphs)

1. Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes.

Derived terms

• golden staph

Anagrams

• Spath, paths, phats, shapt, spath

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæp/

Verb

stap (third-person singular simple present staps, present participle stapping, simple past and past participle stapped)

1. (obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of stop.

Derived terms

• stap my vitals

Anagrams

• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, past, pats, spat, taps

Albanian

Alternative forms

• zdap

Etymology

Prefixed form of tap, onomatopoeia. Compare Old English stæf, Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav, all meaning 'stick, staff’.

Noun

stap m

1. stick, staff
2. bat

Related terms

• zhdëp

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

stap

1. female goat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Stap. Capra.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p
• IPA^(key): /st?p/

Noun

stap m (plural stappen, diminutive stapje n)

1. step

Derived terms

• voetstap

Verb

stap

1. first-person singular present indicative of stappen
2. imperative of stappen

Anagrams

• past, spat, taps

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English stæppan.

Verb

stap

1. Alternative form of steppen

Etymology 2

From Old English stæpe.

Noun

stap

1. Alternative form of steppe

Scots

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, stick”).

Verb

stap (third-person singular present staps, present participle stappin, past stappeet, past participle stappeet)

1. (South Scots) to push (something into something); to force (something into something)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English stop

Verb

stap

1. To be

Particle

stap

1. Used to form the progressive tense.

   Em i go i stap. He is going.

See also

Tok Pisin tense markers:

• pinis (past perfect tense)
• bin (simple past tense)
• stap (progressive tense)
• bai/baimbai (future tense)