Stall vs. Newsstand — What's the Difference?

A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed.

An open booth or stand at which newspapers and periodicals are sold.

A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market.

An open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public

A small compartment

A stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold

An enclosed seat in the chancel of a church.

A pew in a church.

Chiefly British A seat in the front part of a theater.

A space marked off, as in a garage, for parking a motor vehicle.

A protective sheath for a finger or toe.

The sudden, unintended loss of power or effectiveness in an engine.

A condition in which an aircraft or airfoil experiences an interruption of airflow resulting in loss of lift and a tendency to drop.

A ruse or tactic used to mislead or delay.

To put or lodge in a stall.

To maintain in a stall for fattening

To halt the motion or progress of; bring to a standstill.

To cause (a motor or motor vehicle) accidentally to stop running.

To cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall.

To live or be lodged in a stall. Used of an animal.

To stick fast in mud or snow.

To come to a standstill

To stop running as a result of mechanical failure

To lose forward flying speed, causing a stall. Used of an aircraft.

To employ delaying tactics against

To employ delaying tactics

(countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

A stable; a place for cattle.

A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

(countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.

A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.

(countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

(Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.

A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.

A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.

A sheath to protect the finger.

(mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.

(Canadian) A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.

An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.

(aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.

(transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.

To fatten.

(obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.

To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

To forestall; to anticipate.

To keep close; to keep secret.

(transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.

(intransitive) To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.

(intransitive) To come to a standstill.

(transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.

To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.

To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.

To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.

To stop suddenly.

To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.

(obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

(obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.

A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.

A stable; a place for cattle.

A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.

A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.

In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.

A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.

To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.

To fatten; as, to stall cattle.

To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.

To forestall; to anticipate.

To keep close; to keep secret.

To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.

To kennel, as dogs.

To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

To be tired of eating, as cattle.

A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

Small area set off by walls for special use

A booth where articles are displayed for sale

A malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge;

Small individual study area in a library

A tactic used to mislead or delay

Postpone doing what one should be doing;

Come to a stop;

Deliberately delay an event or action;

Put into, or keep in, a stall;

Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

Cause an airplane to go into a stall

Cause an engine to stop;