different between stint vs enterprise
stint
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in ?stintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijan? and Proto-Germanic *stintan? (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
Verb
stint (third-person singular simple present stints, present participle stinting, simple past and past participle stinted)
- (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- We maun have pain that never shall stint.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
- Now wol I stynten of this Arveragus, / And speken I wole of Dorigen his wyf
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- Synonym: skimp
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- I shall not in the least go about to extenuate the Latitude of it: or to stint it only to the Produ?tion of Weeds, of Thorns, Thisiles, and other the less useful Kinds of Plants
- 1729, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
- She stints them in their meals.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse, in the Stable and the Field
- The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.
- 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse, in the Stable and the Field
Translations
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- 1779, William Cowper, Retirement
- His old stint — three thousand pounds a year.
- 1779, William Cowper, Retirement
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
stint (plural stints)
- Misspelling of stent (medical device).
Anagrams
- 'tisn't, it'sn't, tints
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- stunt
- stänt
- stejnt
- stönt
- stant
Etymology
Related to stött (“short,”) stynt (“to shorten.”)
Noun
stint f (definite & vocative stinta, vocative plural stinte)
- A girl, i.e. an unmarried woman.
Declension
Synonyms
- gänt
- täus
Derived terms
- gamstint
- gjetarstint
stint From the web:
- what stint means
- what stunts your growth
- what stunts growth
- what stunts hair growth
- what stunts grass growth
- what stunts growth in height
- what stunts your growth in height
- what stunt cancelled fear factor
enterprise
English
Alternative forms
- enterprize (chiefly archaic)
- entreprise (chiefly archaic)
Etymology
From Old French via Middle English and Middle French entreprise, feminine past participle of entreprendre (“to undertake”), from entre (“in between”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin inter + prehend?, see prehensile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nt??p?a?z/
- Hyphenation: en?ter?prise
Noun
enterprise (countable and uncountable, plural enterprises)
- A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
- The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.
- A micro-enterprise is defined as a business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.
- An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
- Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.
- (uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
- He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.
- 1954, Philip Larkin, Continuing to Live
- This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise — / Ah, if the game were poker, yes, / You might discard them, draw a full house! / But it's chess.
- (uncountable) Active participation in projects. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- initiative
Derived terms
- enterprising
- commercial enterprise
- scientific enterprise
Translations
Verb
enterprise (third-person singular simple present enterprises, present participle enterprising, simple past and past participle enterprised)
- (intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
- Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow […] , with only 280 horse and 950 foot , enterprised and accomplished the Conquest of Valentia
- (transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- The business must be enterprised this night.
- c. 1680, Thomas Otway, letter to Elizabeth Barry
- What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- (transitive) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
References
- enterprise at OneLook Dictionary Search
- enterprise in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- enterprise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- entreprise
enterprise From the web:
- what enterprise is open on sunday
- what enterprise means
- what enterprise is open
- what enterprise is open today
- what enterprise locations are open on sunday
- what enterprise is open near me
- what enterprise did kirk captain
- what enterprise architects do
you may also like
- stint vs enterprise
- craven vs faint-hearted
- disproportion vs difference
- stable vs confident
- contaminated vs wrong
- creep vs scoot
- precariousness vs unsteadiness
- villainous vs disreputable
- lenitive vs assuasive
- unsystematic vs inordinate
- enlighten vs stammer
- advantageous vs spacious
- mortification vs trouble
- little vs fine
- walk vs slouch
- vicious vs debauched
- wise vs provident
- insolent vs ugly
- acute vs ironical
- empire vs direction