Stub vs. Driver — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Stub and Driver
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Stub
The usually short end remaining after something bigger has been used up
A pencil stub.
A cigarette stub.
Driver
One that drives, as the operator of a motor vehicle.
Stub
Something cut short or arrested in development
A stub of a tail.
Driver
A tool, such as a screwdriver or hammer, that is used for imparting forceful pressure on another object.
Stub
The part of a check or receipt retained as a record.
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Driver
A machine part that transmits motion or power to another part.
Stub
The part of a ticket returned as a voucher of payment.
Driver
A piece of software that enables a computer to communicate with a specific hardware device. Also called device driver.
Stub
An entry that has minimal text, no text, or has not been written in full in an online reference work.
Driver
A golf club with a wide head and a long shaft, used for making long shots from the tee.
Stub
To pull up (weeds) by the roots.
Driver
(Nautical) A jib-headed spanker.
Stub
To clear (a field) of weeds.
Driver
One who drives something, in any sense of the verb drive.
Stub
To strike (one's toe or foot) against something accidentally.
Driver
Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb drive.
Stub
To snuff out (a cigarette butt) by crushing.
Driver
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
The requirement that every moving vehicle or combination of vehicles shall have a driver is deemed to be satisfied while the vehicle is using an automated driving system which complies with domestic technical regulations, and any applicable international legal instrument, ... and domestic legislation governing operation.
Stub
Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
Driver
A person who drives some other vehicle.
Stub
A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
Check stub
Ticket stub
Payment stub
Driver
A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
Stub
(programming) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.
Driver
(computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
Stub
A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.
Driver
(golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
Stub
A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference).
Driver
(nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
Stub
A Wikipedia article providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
Driver
A mallet.
Stub
The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
Driver
A tamping iron.
Stub
An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
Driver
A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
Stub
(obsolete) A log or block of wood.
Driver
A screwdriver.
Stub
(obsolete) A blockhead.
Driver
One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
Stub
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
Driver
The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a any vehicle.
Stub
An old and worn horseshoe nail.
Driver
An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
Stub
Stub iron.
Driver
A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:
Stub
The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.
Driver
The driving wheel of a locomotive.
Stub
(transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
Driver
The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.
Stub
(transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
Driver
An implement used for driving;
Stub
(transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.
Driver
The operator of a motor vehicle
Stub
The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; - applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Stubs sharp and hideous to behold.
And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
Driver
Someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
Stub
A log; a block; a blockhead.
Driver
A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
Stub
The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
Driver
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Stub
A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.
Driver
A golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
Stub
A pen with a short, blunt nib.
Stub
A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
Stub
To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land.
Stub
To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
Stub
To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.
Stub
A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
Stub
A small piece;
A nub of coal
A stub of a pencil
Stub
A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
Stub
The part of a check that is retained as a record
Stub
The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Stub
Strike against an object;
She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken
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