The difference between Peg and Stake

When used as nouns, peg means a cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects, whereas stake means 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.

When used as verbs, peg means to fasten using a peg, whereas stake means to fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.


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  1. Peg as a noun:

    A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.

  2. Peg as a noun:

    Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.

  3. Peg as a noun:

    A protrusion used to hang things on.

    Examples:

    "Hang your coat on the peg and come in."

  4. Peg as a noun (figurative):

    A support; a reason; a pretext.

    Examples:

    "a peg to hang a claim upon"

  5. Peg as a noun (cribbage):

    A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.

  6. Peg as a noun (finance):

    A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold

  7. Peg as a noun (UK):

    A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.

  8. Peg as a noun:

    A place formally allotted for fishing

  9. Peg as a noun (colloquial, dated):

    A leg or foot.

  10. Peg as a noun:

    One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

  11. Peg as a noun:

    A step; a degree.

  12. Peg as a noun:

    clothes peg.

  1. Peg as a verb:

    To fasten using a peg.

    Examples:

    "Let's peg the rug to the floor."

  2. Peg as a verb:

    To affix or pin.

    Examples:

    "I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board."

    "She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall."

  3. Peg as a verb:

    To fix a value or price.

    Examples:

    "China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar."

  4. Peg as a verb:

    To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.

  5. Peg as a verb:

    To throw.

  6. Peg as a verb:

    To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)

    Examples:

    "He's been pegged as a suspect."

    "I pegged his weight at 165."

  7. Peg as a verb (cribbage):

    To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.

    Examples:

    "She pegged twelve points."

  8. Peg as a verb (slang):

    To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.

    Examples:

    "We pegged the speedometer across the flats."

  9. Peg as a verb (slang, typically in heterosexual contexts):

    To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo.

  1. 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."

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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."

  5. 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."

  6. Stake as a noun:

    That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.

  7. 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.

  8. Stake as a noun (Mormonism):

    A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.

  1. Stake as a verb (transitive):

    To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.

    Examples:

    "to stake vines or plants"

  2. Stake as a verb (transitive):

    To pierce or wound with a stake.

  3. Stake as a verb (transitive):

    To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.

  4. 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."

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