different between style vs build

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English stile, stel, stele, stiel, stiele, stil, still, stille, styele, style, styill, styll, styyl (“writing tool, stylus; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression, particularly one regarded as high quality; demeanour, manner, way of life; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”), from Old French style, estile, stil, stile (modern French style), or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). Doublet of stylus.

The English word is cognate with Catalan estil (“engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace”), German Stiel (“handle; stalk”), Italian stilo (“needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style”), Occitan estil, Portuguese estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style”), Spanish estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: st?l, IPA^(key): /sta?l/
• Homophone: stile
• Rhymes: -a?l

Noun

style (countable and uncountable, plural styles)

1. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
   1. (historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
   2. A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
   3. The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
   4. (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.

      Synonym: stylet
   5. (surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.

      Synonym: stylet

   6. (zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.

      Synonym: stylet

      1. (entomology) A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.

2. (by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
   1. A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.
3. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
   1. A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
   2. A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
   3. (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
   4. (printing, publishing) A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.

Alternative forms

• stile (obsolete)
• stylee (music, slang)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????
• ? Korean: ??? (seutail)

Related terms

• stylus

Translations

See also

• substance

Verb

style (third-person singular simple present styles, present participle styling, simple past and past participle styled)

1. (transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style)
2. (transitive, formal) To call or give a name or title to.

   Synonyms: designate, dub, name; see also Thesaurus:denominate
3. (transitive, informal) To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
4. (intransitive, US, informal) To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• stile (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• style (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lyest, tyles

French

Alternative forms

• stile (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French stile, from Old French estile, borrowed from Latin stilus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stil/

Noun

style m (plural styles)

1. style (manner of doing something)
2. (botany) style (of a flower)
3. fashion, trend, style
4. (colloquial) style (personal comportment)
5. flair
6. (art) style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined
7. gnomon, style (needle of a sundial)
8. (dated, historical) stylus, style (implement for writing on tablets)
9. complement of jargon particular to a field; style (manner of writing specific to a field or discipline)
10. sort, type; category of things

Synonyms

• (manner of doing): façon, manière
• (artistic characteristic): genre
• (needle of a sundial): aiguille (d'un cadran), gnomon
• (stylus): stylet
• (category): espèce, genre, sorte, type

Derived terms

Further reading

• “style” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sti?el.

Noun

style

1. Alternative form of stile (“stile”)

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin stylus.

Noun

style

1. Alternative form of stile (“style”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?.l?/

Noun

style

1. plural of styl
2. accusative plural of styl
3. vocative plural of styl

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English style.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.?taj.li/, /?staj.li/, /i?.?taj.li/

Adjective

style (invariable, comparable)

1. (Brazil, slang) stylish

English

Etymology

From Middle English bilden, from Old English byldan (“to build, construct”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlijan? (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþl?, *b?þl? (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English bold (“abode, house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”). More at bottle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld
• Homophone: billed

Verb

build (third-person singular simple present builds, present participle building, simple past and past participle built or (archaic or poetic) builded)

1. (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
2. (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
3. (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
4. (transitive) To establish a basis for (something).
5. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
6. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
7. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
8. (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.

Conjugation

Usage notes

• The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form built.

  I have seen Him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps / They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps. (Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn of the Republic - 1861)

Synonyms

• (to form by combining materials or parts): construct, erect
• (to develop or give form to according to a plan or process): create
• (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to): build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen
• (to establish a basis for): base, found, ground

Antonyms

• (to form by combining materials or parts): demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck
• (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to): decrease, dissipate, weaken

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

build (countable and uncountable, plural builds)

2. (countable, uncountable) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.

   Rugby players are of sturdy build.

3. (computing, countable) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.

   The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.

4. (gaming, slang, countable) A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, or a configuration of a character's items or skills, created by the player.

   I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.

   • 2005, Bill Slavicsek, Richard Baker, Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies (page 279)

     In fact, thousands of D&D players constantly debate the virtues of various character builds (combinations of race, class, feat, and spell choices) and share their efforts with each other in hundreds of message boards and mailing lists.

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