different between stick vs fit
stick
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: st?k, IPA(key): /st?k/
- Homophone: stich
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *stikkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”).
Noun
stick (countable and uncountable, plural sticks)
- An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- Synonyms: branch, twig, (dialectal) rice, kindling, (uncountable) brush
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- Synonym: two by four
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- Synonyms: cane, walking stick
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- Synonyms: piece, item
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- Synonyms: joint, reefer
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (archaic) A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- Synonym: train
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- Synonyms: stickshift, gearstick
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (slang) A handgun.
- Dropkick Murphys, Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya (song)
- A stick in the hand, a drop in the eye
- Dropkick Murphys, Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya (song)
- (dated, letterpress typography) A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- Synonyms: licorice stick, liquorice stick
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (sports) A stick-like item:
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- Synonyms: pin, flagstick
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- (sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically:
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (slang, dated) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)
- A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
- (magic) An assistant planted in the audience.
- Synonyms: plant, shill
- A stiff, stupidly obstinate person.
- (military aviation, from joystick) A fighter pilot.
- (military, South Africa) A small group of (infantry) soldiers.
- A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.
- Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.
- A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare carrot.)
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment; beatings.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- = he threw himself into the task of digging
- = she berated him (this sense melts into the previous sense, "punishment")
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare carrot.)
- A measure.
- (obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
- (archaic, rare) A quantity of eels, usually 25.
- Synonyms: stich, broach
- (obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.
Usage notes
- (furniture): Generally used in the negative, or in contexts expressive of poverty or lack.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:stick
Derived terms
Note: Terms derived from the verb are found further below.
Translations
Verb
stick (third-person singular simple present sticks, present participle sticking, simple past and past participle sticked)
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (transitive, printing, slang, dated) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
- to stick type
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
Etymology 2
From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-Germanic *stik?n? (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”) (compare also the related Proto-Germanic *stikan?, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
Cognate with the first etymology (same PIE root, different paths through Germanic and Old English), to stitch, and to etiquette, via French étiquette – see there for further discussion.
Noun
stick (uncountable)
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
Verb
stick (third-person singular simple present sticks, present participle sticking, simple past and past participle stuck or (archaic) sticked)
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 10,[2]
- For thou art so possess’d with murderous hate
- That ’gainst thyself thou stick’st not to conspire.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, Law is a Bottomless Pit, London: John Morphew, Chapter 1,[3]
- Some stick not to say, that the Parson and Attorney forg’d a Will, for which they were well Paid […]
- 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 12,[4]
- Though a cup of cold water from some hand may not be without its reward, yet stick not thou for wine and oil for the wounds of the distressed […]
- 1740, James Blair, Our Saviour's divine sermon on the mount [...] explained, volume 3, page 26:
- And so careful were they to put off the Honour of great Actions from themselves, and to centre it upon God, that they stuck not sometimes to depreciate themselves that they might more effectually honour him.
- 1742, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, Volume 3, Letter 37, p. 375,[5]
- For he that sticks not at one bad Action, will not scruple another to vindicate himself: And so, Devil-like, become the Tempter, and the Accuser too!
- 1743, Thomas Stackhouse, A Compleat Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity, edition 3 (London), page 524:
- The First-fruits were a common Oblation to their Deities; but the chief Part of their Worship consisted in sacrificiing Animals : And this they did out of a real Persuasion, that their Gods were pleased with their Blood, and were nourished with the Smoke, and Nidor of them; and therefore the more costly, they thought them the more acceptable, for which Reason, they stuck not sometimes to regale them with human Sacrifices.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 10,[2]
- (dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, Cambridge: J. Nicholson, 1781, pp. 48-49,[6]
- He that has to do with young scholars, especially in mathematics, may perceive how their minds open by degrees, and how it is exercise alone that opens them. Sometimes they will stick a long time at a part of a demonstration, not for want of perceiving the connection of two ideas; that, to one whose understanding is more exercised, is as visible as any thing can be.
- 1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding, Cambridge: J. Nicholson, 1781, pp. 48-49,[6]
- (dated, intransitive) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
- 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church-of-England-Man, with respect to Religion and Government, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, 7th edition, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton et al., 1752, Volume I, Miscellanies in Prose, p. 73,[7]
- […] this is the Difficulty that seemeth chiefly to stick with the most reasonable of those, who, from a mere Scruple of Conscience, refuse to join with us upon the Revolution Principle […] .
- 1708, Jonathan Swift, The Sentiments of a Church-of-England-Man, with respect to Religion and Government, in The Works of Jonathan Swift, 7th edition, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton et al., 1752, Volume I, Miscellanies in Prose, p. 73,[7]
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- to stick a needle into one's finger
- The points of spears are stuck within the shield.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- circa 1583, John Jewel, in a sermon republished in 1847 in The Works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, portion 2, page 969:
- In certain of their sacrifices they had a lamb, they sticked him, they killed him, and made sacrifice of him: this lamb was Christ the Son of God, he was killed, sticked, and made a sweet-smelling sacrifice for our sins.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 1
- Thou stickest a dagger in me: I shall never see my gold again: fourscore ducats at a sitting! fourscore ducats!
- 1809, Grafton's chronicle, or history of England, volume 2, page 135:
- […] would haue [=have] sticked him with a dagger […]
- 1908, The Northeastern Reporter, volume 85, page 693:
- The defendant said he didn't shoot; "he sticked him with a knife."
- circa 1583, John Jewel, in a sermon republished in 1847 in The Works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, portion 2, page 969:
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- to stick an apple on a fork
- (transitive, archaic) To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
- (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
- to stick somebody with a hard problem
- (transitive, slang, dated) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly Britain) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
Usage notes
In Early Modern English, the past participles stucken and sticken are occasionally found; they are not known in the modern language, even as archaisms.
Synonyms
- (to adhere): cleave, cling; see also Thesaurus:adhere
- (to stop moving): jam, stall; see also Thesaurus:stop
- (to tolerate): live with, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
- (persist): abide, carry on; see also Thesaurus:persevere
- (to remain loyal): stand by, stick by
- (to hesitate): falter, waver; see also Thesaurus:hesitate
- (to be puzzled at): puzzle
- (to attach with glue): agglutinate, conglutinate, glue, gum, paste
- (to place): pop, set down
- (to press into with a sharp point): pierce, prick, puncture
- (to fix on a pointed instrument): fix, impale, stake, run through, transfix
- (to bring to a halt): stump, thwart
- (to have sexual intercourse): have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Derived terms
Note: Terms derived from the noun are found above.
Translations
See also
Adjective
stick (comparative sticker, superlative stickest)
- (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
- A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.
- A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.
Usage notes
- The adjective is more informal than nonstandard due to the prevalence of examples such as "non-stick pan" or "stick plaster".
- The comparative and superlative remain nonstandard (vs. stickier and stickiest) and are sometimes seen inbetween quotation marks to reflect it.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Possibly a metaphorical use of the first etymology ("twig, branch"), possibly derived from the Yiddish schtick.
Noun
stick (plural sticks)
- (Britain, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.
Anagrams
- ticks
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English stick.
Noun
stick
- stick
- wood, firewood
- tree, forest
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed shortenings from several English compounds, in all cases equivalent to a borrowing from English stick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?k/
- Hyphenation: stick
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
stick m (plural sticks, diminutive stickje n)
- A hockey stick.
- A joystick, stick-shaped control device.
- A memory stick to store IT data.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Verb
stick
- singular imperative of sticken
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of sticken
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
stick n
- a sting; a bite from an insect
- (card games) a trick
Declension
Descendants
- ? Finnish: tikki
Verb
stick
- imperative of sticka.
Anagrams
- ticks
stick From the web:
- what sticks to brick
- what sticks to silicone
- what sticks to stucco
- what sticks to concrete
- what sticks to magnets
- what sticks to felt
- what sticks to aluminum
- what sticks to concrete walls
fit
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”).
Adjective
fit (comparative fitter, superlative fittest)
- Suitable, proper.
- Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- In good shape; physically well.
- (Britain, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
- Prepared; ready.
- So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted or fit)
- (transitive) To be suitable for.
- 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
- The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
- 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
- (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
- 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet & al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it...
I agree. Y'know, I think he actually could have fitted on that bit of door.
There was plenty of room on the raft.
I know. I know, I know.
- Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it...
- 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet & al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
- (transitive) To be in agreement with.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- (transitive) To equip or supply.
- (transitive) To make ready.
- (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
- To be proper or becoming.
- (intransitive) To be in harmony.
Usage notes
- In senses 1 to 6, this is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fit (plural fits)
- The degree to which something fits.
- Conformity of elements one to another.
- The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- (statistics) Goodness of fit.
- (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
Usage notes
Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.
Translations
References
- (advertising): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, Washington, April 2005
Etymology 2
Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“song”), or from the sense of fitted to length.
Noun
fit (plural fits)
- (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
- 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:
- Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.
- 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:
References
- Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1
Etymology 3
Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“conflict”).Probably cognate with Italian fitta (“pain, especially sudden and stabbing pain”).See more at Latin f?gere.
Noun
fit (plural fits)
- A seizure or convulsion.
- (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- A sudden outburst of emotion.
- Synonyms: blowout, hissy, tantrum, spell, moment
- A sudden burst (of an activity).
- Synonyms: flurry, frenzy, paroxysm
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted)
- (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
- 2016, 18 May, Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears (in The Telegraph)
- A spokesman said: "It is believed they (the dogs) got into the lake and drank from it. They came out and started fitting. Shortly after that three of them died and vets are attempting to resuscitate the other one."
- 2016, 18 May, Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears (in The Telegraph)
Etymology 4
Verb
fit
- (African-American Vernacular, dated) Fought.
- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
- Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down
- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Anagrams
- ITF, TIF, if't
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Of onomatopoetic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fit]
Noun
fit (definite accusative fiti, plural fitl?r)
- whistle
- siren (a device that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device)
Declension
Derived terms
- fit çalmaq (“to whistle”)
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?fit/
- Rhymes: -it
Adjective
fit (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)
- fixed (of eyes, regard, etc.)
Noun
fit m (plural fits)
- target
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from English fit.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fit
- (Cantonese) fit (physically well; in good shape)
Czech
Adjective
fit
- fit, healthy
Usage notes
- This adjective is indeclinable.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
fit (comparative fitter, superlative fitst)
- fit (in good shape)
Inflection
French
Pronunciation
Verb
fit
- third-person singular past historic of faire
German
Etymology
From English fit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
fit (comparative fitter, superlative am fittesten)
- fit (in good physical shape)
Declension
Derived terms
- Fitmacher
- Fitness (rarely Fitheit)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
fit f (genitive singular fitjar, nominative plural fitjar)
- (zoology) web, interdigital webbing, a membrane that connects the digits of an animal
- (knitting) a casting on, casting on
Declension
Related terms
- breiðafit
- fitja
- fuglafit
- fuglsfit
- gullfit
- hundafit
- lykkjufit
- Halldórufit
- silfurfit
- skollafit
- sundfit
Further reading
- A deliberation on the word "fit" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")
Latin
Verb
fit
- third-person singular present passive indicative of faci?
- third-person singular present active indicative of f??
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From English fit, probably through German fit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fit/
- Rhymes: -it
Adjective
fit (masculine fitten, neuter fit, comparative méi fit, superlative am fitsten)
- fit (in good shape)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fit.
Noun
fit f (definite singular fita or fiti, indefinite plural fitjar or fiter, definite plural fitjane or fitene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by fet
Old Norse
Noun
fit f (genitive fitjar, plural fitjar)
- (zoology, anatomy) webbed foot (of swimming birds)
- (zoology, anatomy) flippers (of a seal)
- (landform) meadowland on the banks of a lake or river
Declension
References
- fit in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scots
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
fit (plural fits)
- foot
- lower end (of a street, river, field etc)
Derived terms
- fitbaw
Verb
fit (third-person singular present fits, present participle fitin, past fitt, past participle fitt)
- to foot
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronoun
fit
- Doric form of what
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fit]
Noun
fit (nominative plural fits)
- (male or female) fish (cold-blooded vertebrate)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
fit From the web:
- what fitbit do i have
- what fitness component is push ups
- what fitbit should i buy
- what fitness component is walking
- what fitness component is jumping jacks
- what fitness component is running
- what fitness component is lunges
- what fitness component is jump rope
you may also like
- stick vs fit
- countenance vs present
- plenteousness vs wealth
- way vs succession
- breeze vs coast
- sprint vs ride
- charge vs overlook
- gravity vs load
- stingy vs rapacious
- forthwith vs instantaneously
- bound vs true
- unconnected vs clear
- revive vs move
- dear vs extravagant
- whimsical vs unsteady
- helpful vs polite
- pommel vs cudgel
- showy vs vivacious
- effect vs conclusion
- competent vs consonant