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Stub vs. Stud — What's the Difference?

Stub vs. Stud — What's the Difference?

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Stub

The usually short end remaining after something bigger has been used up
A pencil stub.
A cigarette stub.

Stud

A large-headed piece of metal that pierces and projects from a surface, especially for decoration.

Stub

Something cut short or arrested in development
A stub of a tail.

Stud

An upright timber in the wall of a building to which laths and plasterboard are nailed
Lath and plaster on timber studs

Stub

The part of a check or receipt retained as a record.
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Stud

A rivet or crosspiece in each link of a chain cable.

Stub

The part of a ticket returned as a voucher of payment.

Stud

An establishment where horses or other domesticated animals are kept for breeding
A stud farm
The horse was retired to stud

Stub

An entry that has minimal text, no text, or has not been written in full in an online reference work.

Stud

A young man thought to be very active sexually or regarded as a good sexual partner
A rugged, hairy-chested stud

Stub

To pull up (weeds) by the roots.

Stud

A form of poker in which the first card of a player's hand is dealt face down and the others face up, with betting after each round of the deal.

Stub

To clear (a field) of weeds.

Stud

Decorate or augment (something) with many studs or similar small objects
A dagger studded with precious diamonds

Stub

To strike (one's toe or foot) against something accidentally.

Stud

An upright post in the framework of a wall for supporting sheets of lath, drywall, or similar material.

Stub

To snuff out (a cigarette butt) by crushing.

Stud

A small knob, nail head, or rivet fixed in and slightly projecting from a surface.

Stub

Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.

Stud

A small ornamental button mounted on a short post for insertion through an eyelet, as on a dress shirt.

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

Stud

A buttonlike earring or other piercing mounted on a slender post, as of gold or steel.

Stub

(programming) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.

Stud

Any of various protruding pins or pegs in machinery, used mainly as a support or pivot.

Stub

A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.

Stud

One of a number of small metal cleats embedded in a snow tire to increase traction on slippery or snowy roads.

Stub

A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference).

Stud

A metal crosspiece used as a brace in a link, as in a chain cable.

Stub

A Wikipedia article providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

Stud

A group of animals, especially horses, kept for breeding.

Stub

The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog

Stud

A male animal, such as a stallion, that is kept for breeding.

Stub

An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract

Stud

A stable or farm where these animals are kept.

Stub

(obsolete) A log or block of wood.

Stud

A usually young man who is very sexually active or promiscuous.

Stub

(obsolete) A blockhead.

Stud

A usually young man regarded as attractive and physically fit.

Stub

A pen with a short, blunt nib.

Stud

(Slang) A person who is extremely competent in a given area.

Stub

An old and worn horseshoe nail.

Stud

(Games) Stud poker.

Stub

Stub iron.

Stud

To provide with or construct with studs or a stud.

Stub

The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.

Stud

To set with studs or a stud
Stud a bracelet with rubies.

Stub

(transitive) To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.

Stud

To be scattered over
Daisies studded the meadow.

Stub

(transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.

Stud

A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

Stub

(transitive) To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.

Stud

A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.

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.

Stud

A group of such animals.

Stub

A log; a block; a blockhead.

Stud

An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.

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.

Stud

A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.

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.

Stud

(colloquial) A sexually attractive male.

Stub

A pen with a short, blunt nib.

Stud

A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.

Stub

A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.

Stud

A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
A collar with studs

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.

Stud

(jewelry) A small round earring.
She's wearing studs in her ears.

Stub

To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.

Stud

(construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.

Stub

To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.

Stud

(obsolete) A stem; a trunk.

Stub

A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost

Stud

(poker) A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed.

Stub

A small piece;
A nub of coal
A stub of a pencil

Stud

(engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.

Stub

A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt

Stud

(engineering) A stud bolt.

Stub

The part of a check that is retained as a record

Stud

An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Stub

The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

Stud

To set with studs; to furnish with studs.

Stub

Strike against an object;
She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken

Stud

To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.

Stud

To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

Stud

A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.
In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size.
He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories.

Stud

A stem; a trunk.
Seest not this same hawthorn stud?

Stud

An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.

Stud

A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
A belt of straw and ivy buds,With coral clasps and amber studs.
Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gemsAnd studs of pearl.

Stud

An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.

Stud

A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.

Stud

An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Stud

To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
Thy horses shall be trapped,Their harness studded all with gold and pearl.

Stud

To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the extensive plains that stretch before our view, are studded with substantial, neat, and commodious dwellings of freemen.

Stud

A man who is virile and sexually active

Stud

Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

Stud

An upright in house framing

Stud

Adult male horse kept for breeding

Stud

Poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt

Stud

Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs;
Hills constellated with lights

Stud

Provide with or construct with studs;
Stud the wall

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