The difference between Clear and Stub

When used as nouns, clear means full extent, whereas stub means something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.

When used as verbs, clear means to remove obstructions or impediments from, whereas stub means to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.


Clear is also adverb with the meaning: all the way.

Clear is also adjective with the meaning: transparent in colour.

check bellow for the other definitions of Clear and Stub

  1. Clear as an adjective:

    Transparent in colour.

    Examples:

    "as clear as crystal"

  2. Clear as an adjective:

    Bright, not dark or obscured.

    Examples:

    "The windshield was clear and clean."

    "Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation."

  3. Clear as an adjective:

    Free of obstacles.

    Examples:

    "The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear."

    "The coast is clear."

  4. Clear as an adjective:

    Without clouds.

    Examples:

    "'clear weather;  a clear day"

  5. Clear as an adjective (meteorology):

    Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.

  6. Clear as an adjective:

    Free of ambiguity or doubt.

    Examples:

    "He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work."

    "Do I make myself clear? Crystal clear."

    "I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean."

  7. Clear as an adjective:

    Distinct, sharp, well-marked.

  8. Clear as an adjective (figuratively):

    Free of guilt, or suspicion.

    Examples:

    "a clear conscience"

  9. Clear as an adjective (of a [[soup]]):

    Without a thickening ingredient.

  10. Clear as an adjective:

    Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.

    Examples:

    "'clear of texture; clear of odor"

  11. Clear as an adjective (Scientology):

    Free from the influence of engrams; see .

  12. Clear as an adjective:

    Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.

    Examples:

    "a clear intellect;  a clear head"

  13. Clear as an adjective:

    Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

  14. Clear as an adjective:

    Easily or distinctly heard; audible.

  15. Clear as an adjective:

    Unmixed; entirely pure.

    Examples:

    "'clear sand"

  16. Clear as an adjective:

    Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.

    Examples:

    "a clear complexion;  clear lumber"

  17. Clear as an adjective:

    Without diminution; in full; net.

    Examples:

    "a clear profit"

  1. Clear as an adverb:

    All the way; entirely.

    Examples:

    "I threw it clear across the river to the other side."

  2. Clear as an adverb:

    Not near something or touching it.

    Examples:

    "Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming."

  3. Clear as an adverb:

    free (or separate) from others

  4. Clear as an adverb (obsolete):

    In a clear manner; plainly.

  1. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To remove obstructions or impediments from.

  2. Clear as a verb (ergative):

    To become freed from obstructions.

    Examples:

    "When the road cleared we continued our journey."

  3. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.

  4. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

    Examples:

    "The court cleared the man of murder."

  5. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To pass without interference; to miss.

    Examples:

    "The door just barely clears the table as it closes.  nowrap The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles."

  6. Clear as a verb (intransitive):

    To become clear.

    Examples:

    "After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening."

  7. Clear as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

    Examples:

    "The check might not clear for a couple of days."

  8. Clear as a verb (transitive, business):

    To earn a profit of; to net.

    Examples:

    "He's been clearing seven thousand a week."

  9. Clear as a verb (transitive):

    To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

  10. Clear as a verb:

    To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

  11. Clear as a verb:

    To obtain a clearance.

    Examples:

    "The steamer cleared for Liverpool today."

  12. Clear as a verb (sports):

    To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending goal.

  13. Clear as a verb:

    To fell all trees of a forest.

  14. Clear as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

    Examples:

    "to clear an array;  nowrap to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value"

  15. Clear as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.

  1. Clear as a noun (carpentry):

    Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

    Examples:

    "a room ten feet square in the clear"

  2. Clear as a noun (cryptology):

    State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.)

  1. Stub as a noun:

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

  2. Stub as a noun:

    A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.

    Examples:

    "check stub'', ''ticket stub'', ''payment stub"

  3. Stub as a noun (computing):

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

  4. Stub as a noun (computing):

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

  5. Stub as a noun ([[wiki]]s):

    A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

  6. Stub as a noun:

    The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog

  7. Stub as a noun:

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

  8. Stub as a noun (obsolete):

    A log; a block; a blockhead.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  9. Stub as a noun:

    A pen with a short, blunt nib.

  10. Stub as a noun:

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

  11. Stub as a noun:

    The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.

  1. Stub as a verb:

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

  2. Stub as a verb:

    To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.

  3. Stub as a verb:

    To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

    Examples:

    "I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark."