Fuss vs. Stir — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fuss and Stir
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Fuss
Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion
There was a lot of fuss on moving day.
Stir
Move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly
Pour in the cream and stir well
Desmond stirred his tea and ate a biscuit
Fuss
A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter
Made a big fuss over one low test grade.
Stir
Move or cause to move slightly
Nothing stirred except the wind
A gentle breeze stirred the leaves
Cloudiness is caused by the fish stirring up mud
Fuss
An objection; a protest
The longer working hours caused a big fuss.
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Stir
Arouse strong feeling in (someone); move or excite
He stirred up the sweating crowd
They will be stirred to action by what is written
Fuss
A quarrel.
Stir
A slight physical movement
I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir
Fuss
A display of affectionate excitement and attention
Everyone made a fuss over the new baby.
Stir
A commotion
The event caused quite a stir
Fuss
To trouble or worry over trifles.
Stir
An act of stirring food or drink
He gives his Ovaltine a stir
Fuss
To be excessively careful or solicitous
Fussed over their children.
Stir
Prison
I've spent twenty-eight years in stir
Fuss
To get into or be in a state of nervous or useless activity
Fussed with the collar of his coat.
Stir
To pass an implement through (a liquid, for example), usually in circular motions, so as to mix or cool the contents
Stirred the soup before tasting it.
Fuss
To object; complain.
Stir
To use an implement to move or rearrange the fuel in (a fire) to increase light or heat.
Fuss
To disturb or vex with unimportant matters.
Stir
To add or mix in (an ingredient, for example) into a liquid or mixture by moving an implement
Stirred a cup of sugar into the cake batter.
Fuss
Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.
What's all the fuss about?
Stir
To mix together the ingredients of (a liquid, for example) before cooking or use by moving an implement
Stirred up some popover batter.
Stirred the paint.
Fuss
A complaint or noise; a scene.
If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.
Stir
To move or pass (an implement) through a liquid in order to mix or cool the contents
Stirred her spoon in her coffee.
Fuss
An exhibition of affection or admiration.
They made a great fuss over the new baby.
Stir
To cause to move or shift, especially slightly or with irregular motion
A breeze stirred the branches.
Fuss
(intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.
Stir
To cause to become active; bestir
Stirred themselves to fix breakfast.
Fuss
(intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.
Stir
To excite strong feelings in or rouse, as from indifference
The speaker stirred us to volunteer at the homeless shelter.
Fuss
To cry or be ill-humoured.
Stir
To provoke deliberately; incite. Often used with up
Stir up trouble.
Fuss
To show affection for, especially animals.
Stir
To change position slightly
The leaves were stirring in the breeze.
Fuss
(transitive) To pet.
He fussed the cat.
Stir
To start to move, especially in rising from sleep
The house was quiet, as no one had stirred yet.
Fuss
A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise
Stir
To move about actively or busily
People were stirring about the office.
Fuss
One who is unduly anxious about trifles; a fussbudget.
I am a fuss and I don't deny it.
Stir
To move away from a customary or usual place or position
Instructed the guards not to stir from their posts.
Fuss
To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.
Stir
To stir or mix a liquid or mixture
Stood at the counter stirring.
Fuss
An excited state of agitation;
He was in a dither
There was a terrible flap about the theft
Stir
To be capable of being stirred
A mixture that stirs easily.
Fuss
An angry disturbance;
He didn't want to make a fuss
They had labor trouble
A spot of bother
Stir
To happen or begin
When the civil rights movement first stirred.
Fuss
A quarrel about petty points
Stir
To be roused or affected by strong feelings
"His wrath so stirred within him, that he could have struck him dead" (Charles Dickens).
Fuss
A rapid bustling commotion
Stir
A stirring, mixing, or poking movement
Gave the fire a stir.
Fuss
Worry unnecessarily or excessively;
Don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
Stir
A slight movement
Slept soundly and barely made a stir.
Fuss
Care for like a mother;
She fusses over her husband
Stir
An excited reaction or commotion
The news caused quite a stir in our family.
Stir
Prison.
Stir
(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of (a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
She stirred the pudding with a spoon.
He stirred his coffee so the sugar wouldn't stay at the bottom.
Stir
(transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
Would you please stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?
Stir
(transitive) To incite to action.
Stir
(transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.
Stir
To disturb, to disrupt.
Stir
To change the place of in any manner; to move.
Stir
(intransitive) To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.
Stir
(intransitive) Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt.
Stir
(intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
Stir
(intransitive) To rise from sleep or unconsciousness.
Stir
The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
Can you give the soup a little stir?
Stir
Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
Stir
Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
Stir
Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
Stir
(slang) Jail; prison.
He's going to be spending maybe ten years in stir.
Stir
To change the place of in any manner; to move.
My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir.
Stir
To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.
Stir
To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
Stir not questions of jurisdiction.
Stir
To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife.
And for her sake some mutiny will stir.
Stir
To move; to change one's position.
I had not power to stir or strive,But felt that I was still alive.
Stir
To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
All are not fit with them to stir and toil.
The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf.
Stir
To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears.
Stir
To rise, or be up, in the morning.
Stir
The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir?
Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of.
Stir
Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England.
Stir
Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
Stir
A disorderly outburst or tumult;
They were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
Stir
Emotional agitation and excitement
Stir
A rapid bustling commotion
Stir
Move an implement through with a circular motion;
Stir the soup
Stir my drink
Stir
Move very slightly;
He shifted in his seat
Stir
Stir feelings in;
Stimulate my appetite
Excite the audience
Stir emotions
Stir
Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;
These stories shook the community
The civil war shook the country
Stir
Affect emotionally;
A stirring movie
I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy
Stir
Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic;
Raise the specter of unemployment
He conjured wild birds in the air
Stir a disturbance
Call down the spirits from the mountain
Stir
To begin moving,
As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir
Stir
Mix or add by stirring;
Stir nuts into the dough
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