Difference between Stave and Lag

Stave

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst. Often with in. To push, as with a staff. With off. To delay by force; to drive away. Often with off. To burst in pieces by striking against something.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc. One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff. The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff. A staff or walking stick

Lag

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to not keep up (the pace), to fall behindto cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar materialThe action in which a computer or server slows or halts in response to a poor connection

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; latency.a prisoner, a criminal.bad connection, loss of connection, causing a delay

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: late

Example sentence: Normally, Indian companies follow the trend set by companies abroad. There is usually a long lag period.