The difference between Pigeon and Stiff

When used as nouns, pigeon means one of several birds of the family columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species, whereas stiff means an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.

When used as verbs, pigeon means to deceive with a confidence game, whereas stiff means to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

Stiff is also adjective with the meaning: rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

check bellow for the other definitions of Pigeon and Stiff

  1. Pigeon as a noun:

    One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.

  2. Pigeon as a noun (slang):

    A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

  3. Pigeon as a noun (slang):

    Concern or responsibility (often in some such phrase as: "it's his pigeon", "it's her pigeon", etc.).

  1. Pigeon as a verb (transitive):

    to deceive with a confidence game

  1. Stiff as an adjective (of an, object):

    Rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

  2. Stiff as an adjective (figurative, of, _, policies and rules and their application and enforcement):

    Inflexible; rigid.

  3. Stiff as an adjective (of a, person):

    Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

  4. Stiff as an adjective (colloquial):

    Harsh, severe.

    Examples:

    "He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine."

  5. Stiff as an adjective (of, _, muscles or parts of the body):

    Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.

    Examples:

    "My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday."

  6. Stiff as an adjective:

    Potent.

    Examples:

    "a stiff drink;  a stiff dose;  a stiff breeze."

  7. Stiff as an adjective:

    Dead, deceased.

  8. Stiff as an adjective (of a, [[penis]]):

    Erect.

  9. Stiff as an adjective (culinary, of whipping cream or egg whites):

    Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.

    Examples:

    "beat the egg whites until they are stiff"

  10. Stiff as an adjective (math):

    Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.

  1. Stiff as a noun:

    An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.

    Examples:

    "A Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember was published in 2003."

  2. Stiff as a noun:

    A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.

    Examples:

    "She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him."

  3. Stiff as a noun (slang):

    A cadaver, a dead person.

  4. Stiff as a noun (US):

    A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.

  5. Stiff as a noun (blackjack):

    Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.

  1. Stiff as a verb:

    To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

    Examples:

    "Realizing he had forgotten his wallet, he stiffed the taxi driver when the cab stopped for a red light."

  2. Stiff as a verb:

    to cheat someone

  3. Stiff as a verb:

    to tip ungenerously

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