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Fuss vs. Stir — What's the Difference?

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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