different between unstick vs unstock

English

Etymology

un- +? stick

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k

Verb

unstick (third-person singular simple present unsticks, present participle unsticking, simple past and past participle unstuck)

1. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To free from the condition of being stuck.
2. (intransitive) To become freed from a stuck condition.
   • 2019, Russ Linton, Plea Bargain

     Starting to panic, I stepped back and put my foot right through the door. Outside, Nelson laughed. The door unstuck. I hopped on one leg as it swung outward, carrying my boot.

3. (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To leave the ground during takeoff.

Derived terms

• come unstuck

Anagrams

• tuck-ins, tucks in, tunicks, unticks

English

Etymology

un- +? stock

Verb

unstock (third-person singular simple present unstocks, present participle unstocking, simple past and past participle unstocked)

1. (transitive) To remove the stock (supply of goods) from; to empty of goods.
   • 1978, The industrial arbitration reports, New South Wales

     One I met during the inspections of freezer rooms indicated that her principal function was the stocking and unstocking of the freezer room at a very large supermarket.

2. (transitive) To remove the stock (block or support) from; to release from that which fixes in place.
3. (transitive) To remove (a ship etc.) from the stocks.

Anagrams

• stuck on