Stick vs. Bar

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

‘The window was protected by steel bars.’;

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is .25 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.

‘Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.’; ‘We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.’;

Sticknoun

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

‘What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A stick.}}’;

Barnoun

A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

‘bar of chocolate’; ‘bar of soap’;

Sticknoun

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

‘I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.’;

Barnoun

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.

‘a bar of light’; ‘a bar of colour’;

Sticknoun

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

‘I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.’;

Barnoun

A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.

Sticknoun

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

‘As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.’;

Barnoun

(typography) Various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨{{!}}⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly inclusive of oblique marks such as the slash.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

(physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is negative (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).

Sticknoun

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

‘We were so poor we didn't have one stick of furniture.’;

Barnoun

A business licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.

‘The street was lined with all-night bars.’;

Sticknoun

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

‘Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.’;

Barnoun

The counter of such a premises.

‘Step up to the bar and order a drink.’;

Sticknoun

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).

‘The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.’;

Barnoun

A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.

Sticknoun

A standard rectangular (often thin) piece of chewing gum.

‘Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!’;

Barnoun

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Sticknoun

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

‘Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.’;

Barnoun

An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.

Sticknoun

Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.

Barnoun

An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.

‘a burger bar’; ‘a local fish bar’;

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

‘The club has lifted its bar on women members.’;

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.

Sticknoun

(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.

Barnoun

}} A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.

‘Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.’;

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.

Sticknoun

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.

‘I grew up driving a stick, but many people my age didn’t.’;

Barnoun

The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay

Sticknoun

(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 ofan automobiles, is also called the "stick".

Barnoun

"the Bar" or "the bar" The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.

‘He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.’;

Sticknoun

Use of the stick to control the aircraft.

Barnoun

A collective term for lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.

‘He was called to the bar, he became a barrister.’;

Sticknoun

(computing) A memory stick.

Barnoun

(telecommunications) A bar-shaped symbol that denotes levels of reception, or reception itself.

‘I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.’;

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.

Sticknoun

The clarinet. more often called the liquorice stick

Barnoun

(music) One of those musical sections.

Sticknoun

(sports) A stick-like item:

Barnoun

(sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault

Sticknoun

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

‘Tripping with the stick is a violation of the rules.’;

Barnoun

(metaphorical) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

The crossbar.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

(backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.

Sticknoun

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

‘His wedge shot bounced off the stick and went in the hole.’;

Barnoun

An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act

Sticknoun

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

‘His stroke with that two-piece stick is a good as anybody's in the club.’;

Barnoun

A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.

Sticknoun

Ability; specifically:

Barnoun

A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

(heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

A city gate, in some British place names.

‘Potter's Bar’;

Sticknoun

(baseball) General hitting ability.

Barnoun

(mining) A drilling or tamping rod.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

(mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

(architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

(farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.

Sticknoun

(magic) An assistant planted in the audience.

Barnoun

The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.

Sticknoun

A fighter pilot.

Barnoun

A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.

Sticknoun

A small group of (infantry) soldiers.

Barverb

(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

‘Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.’;

Sticknoun

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

Barverb

(transitive) To prohibit.

‘I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.’;

Sticknoun

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.)

Barverb

(transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.

‘bar the door’;

Sticknoun

Corporal punishment; beatings.

Barverb

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

Sticknoun

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

‘Give it some stick!’;

Barpreposition

Except, other than, besides.

‘He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.’;

Sticknoun

(slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.

Barpreposition

(horse racing) Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

‘Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.’;

Sticknoun

A measure.

Barnoun

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.

‘Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood.’;

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.

Sticknoun

A quantity of eels, usually 25.

Barnoun

Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.

‘Must I new bars to my own joy create?’;

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.

Sticknoun

A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.

Barnoun

The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.

Sticknoun

Criticism or ridicule.

Barnoun

Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.

Stickverb

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

‘to stick type’;

Barnoun

An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.

Stickverb

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

‘The tape will not stick if it melts.’;

Barnoun

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

Stickverb

(intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.

‘The lever sticks if you push it too far up.’;

Barnoun

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.

Stickverb

(intransitive) To persist.

‘His old nickname stuck.’;

Barnoun

A drilling or tamping rod.

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

Stickverb

(intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.

‘Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.’;

Barverb

To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.

Stickverb

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

Barverb

To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; - sometimes with up.

‘He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon.’;

Stickverb

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

Barverb

To except; to exclude by exception.

‘Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge meBy what we do to-night.’;

Stickverb

To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.

Barverb

To cross with one or more stripes or lines.

‘For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly.’;

Stickverb

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

‘Stick the label on the jar.’;

Barnoun

a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter;

‘he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar’;

Stickverb

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

‘Stick your bag over there and come with me.’;

Barnoun

a counter where you can obtain food or drink;

‘he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar’;

Stickverb

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

‘The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.’; ‘to stick a needle into one's finger’;

Barnoun

a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon;

‘there were bars in the windows to prevent escape’;

Stickverb

To stab.

Barnoun

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;

‘the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song’;

Stickverb

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

‘to stick an apple on a fork’;

Barnoun

an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;

‘it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar’;

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

the act of preventing;

‘there was no bar against leaving’; ‘money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza’;

Stickverb

To perform (a landing) perfectly.

‘Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.’;

Barnoun

(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter;

‘unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter’;

Stickverb

To propagate plants by cuttings.

‘Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.’;

Barnoun

a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore;

‘the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river’;

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction;

‘he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey’;

Stickverb

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

‘to stick somebody with a hard problem’;

Barnoun

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

‘a bar of chocolate’;

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

Stickadjective

(informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.

‘A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.’; ‘A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.’;

Barnoun

a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

Sticknoun

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.

‘Withered sticks to gather, which might serveAgainst a winter's day.’;

Barnoun

a heating element in an electric fire;

‘an electric fire with three bars’;

Sticknoun

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.

Barnoun

(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;

‘spectators were not allowed past the bar’;

Sticknoun

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

Barverb

prevent from entering; keep out;

‘He was barred from membership in the club’;

Sticknoun

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

Barverb

render unsuitable for passage;

‘block the way’; ‘barricade the streets’; ‘stop the busy road’;

Sticknoun

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

Barverb

expel, as if by official decree;

‘he was banished from his own country’;

Sticknoun

A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.

Barverb

secure with, or as if with, bars;

‘He barred the door’;

Stickverb

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

‘And sticked him with bodkins anon.’; ‘It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray.’;

Barnoun

a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon

‘bars on the windows’; ‘an iron bar’;

Stickverb

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

‘Thou stickest a dagger in me.’;

Barnoun

an amount of food or another substance formed into a narrow block

‘a bar of chocolate’; ‘gold bars’;

Stickverb

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.

‘My shroud of white, stuck all with yew.’; ‘The points of spears are stuck within the shield.’;

Barnoun

a band of colour or light

‘bars of sunlight shafting through the windows’;

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

the heating element of an electric fire.

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

the crossbar of a goal

‘Clark's shot hit the bar’;

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

a metal strip below the clasp of a medal, awarded as an additional distinction

‘he was awarded a second bar to his DSO’;

Stickverb

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.

Barnoun

a sandbank or shoal at the mouth of a harbour or an estuary

‘the bar to the estuary of the River Eske’;

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

a charge in the form of a narrow horizontal stripe across the shield.

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

a counter in a pub, restaurant, or cafe across which drinks or refreshments are served

‘standing at the bar’;

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

a room in a pub, restaurant, or hotel in which alcohol is served

‘the oak-panelled bar of the Lion’; ‘bar stools’;

Stickverb

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

Barnoun

an establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served

‘a small friendly bar open all day’;

Stickverb

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

‘The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh.’;

Barnoun

a small shop, stall, or area in a department store that serves refreshments or provides a specified service

‘a sandwich bar’;

Stickverb

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.

‘A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.’; ‘I am a kind of bur; I shall stick.’; ‘If on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown,'T will ever stick through malice of your own.’;

Barnoun

a barrier or restriction to an action or advance

‘political differences are not necessarily a bar to a good relationship’;

Stickverb

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

‘I had most need of blessing, and "Amen"Stuck in my throat.’; ‘The trembling weapon passedThrough nine bull hides, . . . and stuck within the last.’;

Barnoun

a plea suspending an action or claim in a lawsuit.

Stickverb

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

‘They will stick long at part of a demonstration for want of perceiving the connection of two ideas.’; ‘Some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney forged a will.’;

Barnoun

any of the short sections or measures, typically of equal time value, into which a piece of music is divided, shown on a score by vertical lines across the stave

‘the opening bars of the first hymn’;

Stickverb

To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.

‘This is the difficulty that sticks with the most reasonable.’;

Barnoun

a partition in a court room, now usually notional, beyond which most people may not pass and at which an accused person stands

‘the prisoner at the bar’;

Sticknoun

implement consisting of a length of wood;

‘he collected dry sticks for a campfire’; ‘the kid had a candied apple on a stick’;

Barnoun

a rail marking the end of each chamber in the Houses of Parliament

‘he had to appear at the Bar of the House for a reprimand by the Speaker’;

Sticknoun

a small thin branch of a tree

Barnoun

the profession of barrister

‘his dismissal from the Singapore Bar’;

Sticknoun

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

Barnoun

barristers collectively.

Sticknoun

informal terms of the leg;

‘fever left him weak on his sticks’;

Barnoun

lawyers collectively.

Sticknoun

marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

Barnoun

a particular court of law.

Sticknoun

threat of a penalty;

‘the policy so far is all stick and no carrot’;

Barnoun

a unit of pressure equivalent to a hundred thousand newtons per square metre or approximately one atmosphere.

Stickverb

fix, force, or implant;

‘lodge a bullet in the table’;

Barverb

fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars

‘she bolted and barred the door’;

Stickverb

stay put (in a certain place);

‘We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati’; ‘Stay put in the corner here!’; ‘Stick around and you will learn something!’;

Barverb

prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something or from going somewhere

‘journalists had been barred from covering the elections’;

Stickverb

cause to protrude or as if to protrude;

‘stick one's hand out of the window’; ‘stick one's nose into other people's business’;

Barverb

forbid someone from undertaking (an activity)

‘the job she loved had been barred to her’;

Stickverb

stick to firmly;

‘Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?’;

Barverb

exclude (something) from consideration

‘nothing is barred in the crime novel’;

Stickverb

be or become fixed;

‘The door sticks--we will have to plane it’;

Barverb

prevent or delay (an action) by objection.

Stickverb

endure;

‘The label stuck to her for the rest of her life’;

Barverb

mark (something) with bars or stripes

‘his face was barred with light’;

Stickverb

be a devoted follower or supporter;

‘The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism’; ‘She sticks to her principles’;

Barpreposition

except for

‘his kids were all gone now, bar one’;

Stickverb

be loyal to;

‘She stood by her husband in times of trouble’; ‘The friends stuck together through the war’;

Barpreposition

except the horses indicated (used when stating the odds).

Stickverb

cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface;

‘stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it’;

Stickverb

fasten with an adhesive material like glue;

‘stick the poster onto the wall’;

Stickverb

fasten with or as with pins or nails;

‘stick the photo onto the corkboard’;

Stickverb

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

‘stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress’;

Stickverb

pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument;

‘he stuck the cloth with the needle’;

Stickverb

pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed;

‘He stuck the needle into his finger’;

Stickverb

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

‘The dress clings to her body’; ‘The label stuck to the box’; ‘The sushi rice grains cohere’;

Stickverb

saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous;

‘They stuck me with the dinner bill’; ‘I was stung with a huge tax bill’;

Stickverb

be a mystery or bewildering to;

‘This beats me!’; ‘Got me--I don't know the answer!’; ‘a vexing problem’; ‘This question really stuck me’;