different between stocking vs suspender

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?k??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st?k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??
• Homophone: stalking (with cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From stock (“cover with material”) +? -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.

Noun

stocking (plural stockings)

1. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.

   a pair of stockings

2. A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
3. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

Usage notes

• Stocking may refer either to men's socks or to women's hose, but rarely to socks when worn by women. However, this usage appears somewhat variable.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Scottish Gaelic: stocainn

Translations

See also

• hose
• netherstock
• pantyhose
• sock

Etymology 2

From stock +? -ing.

Verb

stocking

1. present participle of stock

   I've almost finished stocking these groceries.

Noun

stocking

1. (forestry) A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.

References

• stocking in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• gnostick, tockings

English

Etymology

From suspend +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??sp?nd?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??sp?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Noun

suspender (plural suspenders)

1. Something or someone who suspends.
2. (US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.

   Synonym: (outside US) braces

3. (Britain) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.

Translations

Further reading

• suspender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• prudeness, resuspend, speedruns, unpressed

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

suspender

1. imperative of suspendere

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspend?.

Verb

suspender (first-person singular present indicative suspendo, short past participle suspenso, long past participle suspendido)

1. (transitive) to suspend; to hang

   Synonym: pendurar

2. (transitive) to suspend (to halt something temporarily)
3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of suspender
4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of suspender
5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of suspender
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of suspender

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspend?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suspen?de?/, [sus.p?n??d?e?]

Verb

suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendí, past participle suspendido)

1. to suspend
2. to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class

Conjugation

Related terms

• suspensión
• suspensor

See also

• colgar