The difference between Impale and Stake
When used as verbs, impale means to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object, whereas stake means to fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
Stake is also noun with the meaning: a piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
check bellow for the other definitions of Impale and Stake
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Impale as a verb (transitive):
To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
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Impale as a verb (transitive, heraldry):
To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
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Impale as a verb (ambitransitive):
To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
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Impale as a verb (ambitransitive):
To enclose or fence with stakes.
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Stake as a noun:
A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
Examples:
"We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders."
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Stake as a noun (croquet):
A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
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Stake as a noun:
A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
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Stake as a noun:
The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
Examples:
"Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake."
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Stake as a noun:
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
Examples:
"The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business."
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Stake as a noun:
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
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Stake as a noun:
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
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Stake as a noun (Mormonism):
A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
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Stake as a verb (transitive):
To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
Examples:
"to stake vines or plants"
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Stake as a verb (transitive):
To pierce or wound with a stake.
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Stake as a verb (transitive):
To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
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Stake as a verb (transitive):
To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
Examples:
"John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him."
"His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started."