different between trusty vs staunch

English

Etymology

From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??sti/

• Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

trusty (comparative trustier, superlative trustiest)

1. Reliable or trustworthy.

Noun

trusty (plural trusties)

1. A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
   • 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house

     We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.

   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 58:

     The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.

Synonyms

• runner (US, dated)

English

Alternative forms

• stanch

Etymology

From Middle English staunche, from Anglo-Norman estaunche, Old French estanche (“firm, watertight”) (whence Modern French étanche); compare the verb estanchier. Compare Romansch staunza and Spanish estante.

Pronunciation

• enPR: /stônch/, IPA^(key): /st??nt?/
• (some accents) enPR: /stänch/, IPA^(key): /st??nt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?, -??nt?

Adjective

staunch (comparative stauncher, superlative staunchest)

1. Loyal, trustworthy, reliable.
2. Dependable, persistent.

Translations

Verb

staunch (third-person singular simple present staunches, present participle staunching, simple past and past participle staunched)

1. (transitive) To stop the flow of (blood).
2. (transitive) To stop, check, or deter an action.

   Somebody's got to staunch those press leaks!

Usage notes

The spelling staunch is more commonly used for the adjective. In contrast, stanch is more commonly used as the spelling of the verb.

Translations

Anagrams

• canthus, chaunts