Difference between Stick and Stay

What is the difference between Stick and Stay?

Stick as a verb is to strike someone with a stick while Stay as a verb is to remain in a particular place.

Stick

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To strike someone with a stick To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint. To glue; to adhere. To become attached; to adhere. To jam; to stop moving. See to stick with. To persist. Of snow, to remain frozen on landing. To remain loyal; to remain firm. To place, set down (quickly or carelessly). To press into with a sharp point. To perform (a landing) perfectly. To propagate plants by cuttings.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small branch from a tree or bush. A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size. A two by four, the standard board used in constructing a frame house. Any roughly cylindrical piece of a substance. A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick. A small rectangular block of shortening (butter, margarine, lard, etc.) in weighing one quarter pound and containing by volume one half cup. A standard rectangular piece of chewing gum. A cane or walking stick to aid in walking. A cudgel or truncheon, especially one carried by police or guards. A negative stimulus or a punishment. A piece of furniture. A manual transmission or vehicle equipped with a manual transmission. Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions. Criticism or ridicule. A line of soldiers. A memory stick. A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse. The short whip carried by a jockey. A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard. The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. An assistant planted in the audience. A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type. The control column of an aircraft. By convention a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to that used in automobiles, is also called the "stick". Use of the stick to control the aircraft. A fighter pilot. The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint. A cluster of bombs dropped in quick succession from an aircraft in order to spread them over a target area. A group of paratroopers who jump together. A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick. A quantity of eels, usually 25. An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches. Corporal punishment; beatings. Vigorous driving of a car; gas. Vigor; spirit. A thin person; particularly a flat-chested woman. An unsocial person, particularly one who is either withdrawn or stuck-up. A person having the stated quality. A cigarette of tobacco or marijuana. Approximately one gram of marijuana wrapped in a small cylinder of aluminium foil. The clarinet. The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc. The game of pool, or an individual pool game. The traction of tires on the road surface. The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.

Example sentence: I just want to say, don't be afraid, believe in yourself, whatever comes your way you have to experience it to really know what that is. So if you have too much fear inside you may let go of certain opportunities or chances, so trust in yourself and stick with it.

Stay

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To remain in a particular place.To continue to have a particular quality.To postpone.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.A rope or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole or a mast, or other structural element.A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.A period of time spent in a place.

Example sentence: You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.

We hope you now know whether to use Stick or Stay in your sentence.

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