Stave vs. Stay — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Stave and Stay
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Definitions
Stave
A narrow strip of wood forming part of the sides of a barrel, tub, or similar structure.
Stay
To continue to be in a place or condition
Stay home.
Stay calm.
Stave
One of the wooden planks in a stave wall.
Stay
To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger
Stayed at a motel.
Stave
A rung of a ladder or chair.
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Stay
To linger or wait in order to do or experience something
We stayed to watch the final minutes of the game.
Stave
A staff or cudgel.
Stay
To continue or persist in an action or activity
Stayed with the original plan.
Stayed in college.
Stave
(Music) See staff1.
Stay
To keep up in a race or contest
Tried to stay with the lead runner.
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Stave
A set of verses; a stanza.
Stay
(Games) To meet a bet in poker without raising it.
Stave
To crush or smash inward, often by making a hole. Often used with in
"The jetliner had staved in the south side of the structure. The plane had ripped a hole 150 feet wide" (Bill Sammon).
Stay
(Archaic) To stop moving or stop doing something.
Stave
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; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
Stay
To remain during
Stayed the week with my parents.
Stayed the duration of the game.
Stave
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
Stay
To stop or restrain; check
Doubt stayed his hand.
Stave
(poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Stay
To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings
Stay a prisoner's execution.
Stave
(music) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Stay
To satisfy or appease temporarily
Stayed his anger.
Stave
The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
Stay
(Archaic) To wait for; await
"I will not stay thy questions. Let me go.
/ Or if thou follow me, do not believe / But I shall do thee mischief in the wood" (Shakespeare).
Stave
A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
Stay
To brace, support, or prop up
The tower is stayed with cables.
Stave
A staff or walking stick.
Stay
To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.
Stave
(transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
Stay
A brief period of residence or visiting.
Stave
To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
To stave in a cask
Stay
The order by which a planned action is stayed.
Stave
To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
Stay
The consequence of such an order.
Stave
To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.
Stay
The act of halting; check.
Stave
To burst in pieces by striking against something.
Stay
The act of coming to a halt.
Stave
To walk or move rapidly.
Stay
A support or brace.
Stave
To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
Stay
A strip of bone, plastic, or metal, used to stiffen a garment or part, such as a corset or shirt collar.
Stave
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
To stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run
Stay
Stays A corset.
Stave
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.
Stay
(Nautical) A heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support for a mast or spar.
Stave
One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
Stay
A rope used to steady, guide, or brace.
Stave
A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Let us chant a passing staveIn honor of that hero brave.
Stay
(transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
Stave
The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or printed; the staff{7}.
Stay
(transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
Stave
To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; - often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat.
Stay
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
Stave
To push, as with a staff; - with off.
The condition of a servant staves him off to a distance.
Stay
To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
Stave
To delay by force or craft; to drive away; - usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
And answered with such craft as women use,Guilty or guiltless, to stave off a chanceThat breaks upon them perilously.
Stay
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
Stave
To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
All the wine in the city has been staved.
Stay
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.
Stave
To furnish with staves or rundles.
Stay
(transitive) To hold the attention of. en
Stave
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run.
Stay
To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
Stave
To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Like a vessel of glass she stove and sank.
Stay
To wait for; await.
Stave
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Stay
To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
Stave
One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Stay
To rest; depend; rely.
Stave
A crosspiece between the legs of a chair
Stay
To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
Stave
Furnich with staves;
Stave a ladder
Stay
To come to an end; cease.
That day the storm stayed.
Stave
Burst or force (a hole) into something
Stay
To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
Stay
To make a stand; to stand firm.
Stay
(intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
That horse stays well.
Stay
(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
We stayed in Hawaii for a week.
I can only stay for an hour.
Stay
To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
Stay
To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
Stay
To continue to have a particular quality.
Wear gloves so your hands stay warm.
Stay
To live; reside
Hey, where do you stay at?
Stay
To brace or support with a stay or stays
Stay a mast
Stay
To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
Stay
To tack; put on the other tack.
To stay ship
Stay
To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
Stay
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.
Stay
(legal) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
The governor granted a stay of execution.
Stay
(archaic) A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
Stand at a stay
Stay
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
Stay
(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
Stay
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Stay
(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
Stay
A prop; a support.
Stay
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
Where are the stays for my collar?
Stay
(in the plural) A corset.
Stay
(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
Stay
(nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
Stay
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.
Stay
The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
Stay
Steep; ascending.
Stay
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
Stay
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stay
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
Stay
Steeply.
Stay
A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.
Stay
That which serves as a prop; a support.
Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.
Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
Stay
A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
Stay
Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
Make haste, and leave thy business and thy care;No mortal interest can be worth thy stay.
Embrace the hero and his stay implore.
Stay
Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
Made of sphere metal, never to decayUntil his revolution was at stay.
Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay.
Stay
Hindrance; let; check.
They were able to read good authors without any stay, if the book were not false.
Stay
Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king.
With prudent stay he long deferredThe rough contention.
Stay
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
Stay
To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.
Sallows and reeds . . . for vineyards useful foundTo stay thy vines.
Stay
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute.
Stay
To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
She will not stay the siege of loving terms,Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes.
Stay
To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
Him backward overthrew and down him stayedWith their rude hands and grisly grapplement.
All that may stay their minds from thinking that true which they heartily wish were false.
Stay
To hinder; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Your ships are stayed at Venice.
This business staid me in London almost a week.
I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that appeared to me new.
Stay
To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
Stay
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
Stay your strife.
For flattering planets seemed to sayThis child should ills of ages stay.
Stay
To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
Stay
To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
Stay
To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
She would command the hasty sun to stay.
Stay, I command you; stay and hear me first.
I stay a little longer, as one staysTo cover up the embers that still burn.
Stay
To continue in a state.
The flames augment, and stayAt their full height, then languish to decay.
Stay
To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
I 'll tell thee all my whole deviceWhen I am in my coach, which stays for us.
The father can not stay any longer for the fortune.
Stay
To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
I must stay a little on one action.
Stay
To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
I stay here on my bond.
Ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon.
Stay
To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
Here my commission stays.
Stay
To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
Stay
To change tack, as a ship.
Stay
Continuing or remaining in a place or state;
They had a nice stay in Paris
A lengthy hospital stay
A four-month stay in bankruptcy court
Stay
A judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted;
The Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court
Stay
The state of inactivity following an interruption;
The negotiations were in arrest
Held them in check
During the halt he got some lunch
The momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
He spent the entire stop in his seat
Stay
(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
Stay
A thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
Stay
Stay the same; remain in a certain state;
The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
Rest assured
Stay alone
He remained unmoved by her tears
The bad weather continued for another week
Stay
Stay put (in a certain place);
We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati
Stay put in the corner here!
Stick around and you will learn something!
Stay
Dwell;
You can stay with me while you are in town
Stay a bit longer--the day is still young
Stay
Continue in a place, position, or situation;
After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
Stay with me, please
Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year
She continued as deputy mayor for another year
Stay
Remain behind;
I had to stay at home and watch the children
Stay
Stop or halt;
Please stay the bloodshed!
Stay
Stay behind;
The smell stayed in the room
The hostility remained long after they made up
Stay
A trial of endurance;
Ride out the storm
Stay
Stop a judicial process;
The judge stayed the execution order
Stay
Fasten with stays
Stay
Overcome or allay;
Quell my hunger
