Interest
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To attract attention or concern.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A great attention and concern from someone or something. The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. Attention that is given to or received from someone or something. A business or amorous link or involvement.
Example sentence: The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
Stake
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.To pierce or wound with a stake.To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.To provide another with money in order to play.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.A share or interest in a business or a given situation (in the sense "stake a claim").A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.A territorial division.
Example sentence: In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!'