Plug vs. Stopper — What's the Difference?

An object, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; a stopper.

A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.

A dense mass of material that obstructs a passage.

One that causes something to stop

A usually cylindrical or conic piece cut from something larger, often as a sample.

(Games) A card or cards enabling one to prevent one's opponents from winning all the tricks in a particular suit in a hand of bridge.

A fitting, commonly with two metal prongs for insertion in a fixed socket, used to connect an appliance to a power supply.

(Baseball) A relief pitcher, especially one called upon to protect a lead.

A spark plug.

A player who excels on defense, as in basketball.

A hydrant.

In soccer, a defensive player who plays behind the center midfielder and often guards the opponent's best forward. Also called center back.

A flat cake of pressed or twisted tobacco.

A goalie.

A piece of chewing tobacco.

To close with or as if with a stopper.

(Geology) A mass of igneous rock filling the vent of a volcano.

Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.

(Informal) A favorable public mention of a commercial product, business, or performance, especially when broadcast.

A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.

(Slang) Something inferior, useless, or defective, especially an old, worn-out horse.

A bung or cork.

(Slang) A gunshot or bullet

Goalkeeper.

A fishing lure having a hook or hooks.

In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.

To fill (a hole) tightly with or as if with a plug; stop up.

(rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

To insert (something) as a plug

(botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.

To insert in an appropriate place or position

(nautical) A short rope for making something fast.

To hit with a bullet; shoot.

A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.

To hit with the fist; punch.

To close a container by using a stopper.

(Informal) To publicize (a product, for example) favorably, as by mentioning on a broadcast

One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

To become stopped up or obstructed

A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, - used to secure something.

(Informal) To move or work doggedly and persistently

A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

To close or secure with a stopper.

(loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.

Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.

An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

(US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

A remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

A high, tapering silk hat.

(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit;

A worthless horse.

Close or secure with or as if with a stopper;

(dated) Any worn-out or useless article.

A book that fails to sell.

(construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.

(slang) A promotion (act of promoting) a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing (concept, etc), for example during an interview or a commercial.

(geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.

(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.

(horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.

(jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.

(slang) A drug dealer.

A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.

(aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.

(transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

(transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.

To persist or continue with something.

(transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.

To have sex with, penetrate sexually.

To ingest a drug rectally

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

A high, tapering silk hat.

A worthless horse.

A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.

To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

A wad of something chewable as tobacco

Blatant or sensational promotion

Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

An electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

An old or over-worked horse

Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug;

Persist in working hard;

Deliver a quick blow to;

Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote