Stile vs. Stair — What's the Difference?

An arrangement of steps that allows people but not animals to climb over a fence or wall.

A set of steps leading from one floor of a building to another, typically inside the building

A stile is a structure or opening that provides people passage over or through a boundary via steps, ladders, or narrow gaps. Stiles are often built in rural areas along footpaths, fences, walls, or hedges that enclose animals, allowing people to move freely.

Often stairs A series or flight of steps; a staircase.

A vertical piece in the frame of a panelled door or sash window.

One of a flight of steps.

A set or series of steps for crossing a fence or wall, usually constructed so as to allow humans but not livestock to pass.

A single step in a staircase.

A turnstile.

A series of steps; a staircase.

A vertical member of a panel or frame, as in a door or window sash.

One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; - commonly applied to those within a building.

A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass.

A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; - commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only.

A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder.

Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway;

Obsolete form of style

Obsolete form of style

A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style.

Mode of composition. See Style.

A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.

One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised.

An upright that is a member in a door or window frame