Difference between Stamp and Stereotype

What is the difference between Stamp and Stereotype?

Stamp as a noun is an act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. while Stereotype as a noun is a conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

Stamp

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. An indentation or imprint made by stamping. A device for stamping designs. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other. A postage stamp. A tattoo A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly. To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly. To mark by pressing quickly and heavily. To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol. To apply postage stamps to.

Example sentence: Economic inequality is not about food stamps and homeless shelters. It is about being a devotee of social justice and equality.

Stereotype

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.To print from a stereotype.

Example sentence: Males and females can both have a fixed mindset about math and science, but it hurts girls more because they are on the negative end of the stereotype.

We hope you now know whether to use Stamp or Stereotype in your sentence.

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