different between steadfast vs stinger

English

Alternative forms

• stedfast (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst, from Proto-Germanic *stadifastuz, equivalent to stead (“place; spot; position”) +? fast (“firm; fixed”). Cognate with Middle Dutch stedevast (“steadfast”), Icelandic staðfastur (“steadfast”), Danish stedfast (“firmly attached, secured”), Danish stadfæste (“to confirm; ratify”), Norwegian Bokmål stadfeste (“confirm, ratify; establish”), Swedish stadfästa (“to confirm; establish”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?dfæst/

Adjective

steadfast (comparative steadfaster or more steadfast, superlative steadfastest or most steadfast)

1. Fixed or unchanging; steady.
2. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

Derived terms

• steadfastly
• steadfastness

Translations

English

Etymology

sting +? -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st???(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st???/
• Rhymes: -???(r)

Noun

stinger (plural stingers)

1. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
2. Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     The thing stopped then and looked at me a moment as much as to say: "Why this thing has a stinger! I must be careful." And then it reached out its long neck and opened its mighty jaws and grabbed for me; but I wasn't there.

3. Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
4. A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
5. A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
6. A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
7. A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
8. A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
9. (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
10. (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
11. (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
12. (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
13. Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.

Synonyms

• (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid): sting
• (device used to puncture car tyres): spike strip

Translations

Anagrams

• Ginters, Tigners, Tsering, resting, ringest, tingers

Swedish

Verb

stinger

1. present tense of stinga.

Anagrams

• tigerns