Club vs. Stick — What's the Difference?

An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity

A branch or stem that has fallen or been cut from a tree or shrub.

An organization constituted to play matches in a particular sport

A piece of wood, such as a tree branch, that is used for fuel, cut for lumber, or shaped for a specific purpose.

A nightclub playing fashionable dance music

A wand, staff, baton, or rod.

A heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon

(Sports) A long thin implement with a blade or net on the end used to propel and control a puck or ball in hockey or lacrosse.

One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black trefoil.

A walking stick; a cane.

Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose

Something that is long and thin

Go out to nightclubs

(Slang) A marijuana cigarette.

Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement

The control device of an aircraft that operates the elevators and ailerons.

A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.

(Informal) A stick shift.

An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.

(Nautical) A mast or a part of a mast.

Something resembling a club.

A group of bombs released to fall across an enemy target in a straight row.

A black figure shaped like a trefoil or clover leaf on certain playing cards.

(Slang) A group of paratroopers exiting an aircraft in succession.

A playing card with this figure.

A timber tree.

Clubs (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.

(Informal) A piece of furniture.

A group of people organized for a common purpose, especially a group that meets regularly

A poke, thrust, or stab with a stick or similar object

The building, room, or other facility used for the meetings of an organized group.

A threatened penalty

(Sports) An athletic team or organization.

The condition or power of adhering

A nightclub.

A remote area; backwoods

To strike or beat with a club or similar implement.

A city or town regarded as dull or unsophisticated.

To use (a firearm) as a club by holding the barrel and hitting with the butt end.

(Informal) A person regarded as stiff, boring, or spiritless.

To gather or combine (hair, for example) into a clublike mass.

(Obsolete) A difficulty or obstacle; a delay.

To contribute (money or resources) to a joint or common purpose.

To pierce, puncture, or penetrate with a pointed instrument

To join or combine for a common purpose; form a club.

To kill by piercing

To go to or frequent nightclubs

To thrust or push (a pointed instrument) into or through another object

An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

To jab or poke (a pointed or narrow instrument) into or against

(archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.

To place or position by pushing or thrusting

A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

To fix, impale, or transfix on a pointed object

An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.

To cover or decorate with objects piercing the surface

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

To fasten into place by forcing an end or point into something

An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

To fasten or attach with pins, nails, or similar devices

A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.

To fasten or attach with an adhesive material, such as glue or tape.

A playing card marked with such a symbol.

(Sports) To execute (a landing or dismount) in gymnastics so that the feet do not move after they hit the ground.

(humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.

To detain or delay

A club sandwich.

(Informal) To confuse, baffle, or puzzle

The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.

Past tense and past participle sticked (stĭkt) To prop (a plant) with sticks or brush on which to grow.

(transitive) To hit with a club.

Past tense and past participle sticked Printing To set (type) in a composing stick.

(intransitive) To join together to form a group.

To cover or smear with something sticky.

To combine into a club-shaped mass.

(Informal) To put blame or responsibility on; burden

(intransitive) To go to nightclubs.

(Slang) To defraud or cheat

(intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.

To be or become fixed or embedded in place by having the point thrust in

(transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.

To become or remain attached or in close association; cling

(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

To remain firm, determined, or resolute

(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

To remain loyal or faithful

(transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.

To persist or endure

To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

To scruple or hesitate

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded with the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

To become fixed, blocked, checked, or obstructed

Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.

To project or protrude

An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.

(Sports) To throw a jab in boxing.

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

To beat with a club.

A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.

To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.

(US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).

To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.

A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.

To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.

A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.

To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.

(carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.

To drift in a current with an anchor out.

(nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.

A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together;

(figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).

A formal association of people with similar interests;

Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.

Stout stick that is larger at one end;

A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).

A building occupied by a club;

A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.

Golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

(slang) A cigarette usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette.

A playing card in the minor suit of clubs (having one or more black trefoils on it);

Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.

A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink;

A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.

Unite with a common purpose;

(archaic) A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick.

Gather and spend time together;

(military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.

Strike with a club or a bludgeon

A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.

A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.

(aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.

Use of the stick to control the aircraft.

(computing) A memory stick.

(slang) A handgun.

A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type.

The clarinet.

(sports) A stick-like item:

A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.

(horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.

(boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.

(golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.

The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.

Ability; specifically:

(golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.

(baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.

(baseball) General hitting ability.

(hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.

A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)

A thin or wiry person; particularly a flat-chested woman.

(magic) An assistant planted in the audience.

(gambling) A shill or house player.

A stiff, stupidly obstinate person.

A fighter pilot.

A small group of (infantry) soldiers.

Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.

A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward. Compare carrot.)

Corporal punishment; beatings.

(slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.

(slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.

A measure.

(obsolete) An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches.

A quantity of eels, usually 25.

(motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.

(fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.

A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.

Criticism or ridicule.

(carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.

To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.

(transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.

(intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.

(intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.

(transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.

(intransitive) To persist.

(intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.

(intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.

To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).

To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.

To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.

(transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.

(transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).

(transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.

To stab.

(transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.

To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.

To perform (a landing) perfectly.

To propagate plants by cuttings.

To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.

To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.

To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.

To have sexual intercourse with.

To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.

(informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.

Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.

A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick.

A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used.

A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.

To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.

To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.

To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.

To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.

To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.

To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.

To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.

To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.

To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.

To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem.

To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.

To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.

To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.

To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.

To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; - often with at.

To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.

Implement consisting of a length of wood;

A small thin branch of a tree

A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

Informal terms of the leg;

Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

Threat of a penalty;

Fix, force, or implant;

Stay put (in a certain place);

Cause to protrude or as if to protrude;

Stick to firmly;

Be or become fixed;

Endure;

Be a devoted follower or supporter;

Be loyal to;

Cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface;

Fasten with an adhesive material like glue;

Fasten with or as with pins or nails;

Fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;

Pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument;

Pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed;

Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;

Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;

Be a mystery or bewildering to;