Difference between Stack and Raft

What is the difference between Stack and Raft?

Stack as a verb is to arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack. while Raft as a verb is to convey on a raft

Stack

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack. To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner. To take all the money another player currently has on the table. To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.). To fall or crash.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³) A smokestack. A linear data structure in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue. A portion of computer memory occupied by a stack data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions. A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea. Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books. A large amount of an object. A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape. The amount of money a player has on the table. A vertical drain pipe. A fall or crash, a prang.

Example sentence: We always had 'Vogue' in our house. But, when I was around 12, my Mom finally took me seriously about modeling and put a stack of magazines in front of me, then told me to study all the poses. The ones I loved the most were in 'Vogue.'

Raft

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies or a platform for swimmers.A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.A collective noun for otters.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to convey on a raftto make into a raftto travel by raft

Example sentence: A quintessential experience is to raft the Rio Grande through the Blue Mountains, stopping off at waterfalls and having picnics of barbecued fish.

We hope you now know whether to use Stack or Raft in your sentence.

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