Stitch vs. Suture — What's the Difference?

A single complete movement of a threaded needle in sewing or surgical suturing

The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing.

A single loop of thread or yarn made with an implement such as a sewing or knitting needle.

The material, such as thread, gut, or wire, that is used in this procedure.

A single loop or knot of thread used in closing a wound or incision in surgery; a suture.

The line or stitch so formed.

A way of arranging the threads in sewing, knitting, crocheting, or suturing

The fine thread or other material used surgically to close a wound or join tissues.

A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side.

The stitch so formed.

(Informal) An article of clothing

(Anatomy) The line of junction or an immovable joint between two bones, especially of the skull.

(Informal) The least part; a bit

(Biology) A seamlike joint or line of articulation, such as the line of dehiscence in a dry fruit or the spiral seam marking the junction of whorls of a gastropod shell.

To fasten or join with stitches.

To join by means of sutures or a suture.

To mend or repair with stitches

A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.

To decorate or ornament, as with stitches

Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.

To fasten together with staples or thread.

(geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.

To make stitches; sew, knit, crochet, or suture.

(anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

(anatomy) A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.

An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.

(botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise.

(transitive) To sew up or join by means of a suture.

A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.

The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam.

A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn

The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.

An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.

The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.

The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume.

A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.

The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.

(by extension) Any space passed over; distance.

An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

(obsolete) A contortion, or twist.

A seam used in surgery

(colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or clothing.

Thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together

(obsolete) A furrow.

Join with a suture;

The space between two double furrows.

To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.

(intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework.

(agriculture) To form land into ridges.

To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.

To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.

(more generally) To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.

A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.

A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.

A contortion, or twist.

Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.

A furrow.

An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.

To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.

To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

To form land into ridges.

To practice stitching, or needlework.

Sewing consisting of a link or loop or knot made by drawing a threaded needle through a fabric

A sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running

Fasten by sewing; do needlework