The difference between Stab and Thrust

When used as nouns, stab means an act of stabbing or thrusting with an object, whereas thrust means an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

When used as verbs, stab means to pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger, whereas thrust means to make advance with force.


check bellow for the other definitions of Stab and Thrust

  1. Stab as a noun:

    An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

  2. Stab as a noun:

    A wound made by stabbing.

  3. Stab as a noun:

    Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

  4. Stab as a noun (informal):

    An attempt.

    Examples:

    "I'll give this [[thankless]] task a stab."

  5. Stab as a noun:

    Criticism.

  6. Stab as a noun (music):

    A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.

    Examples:

    "a horn stab"

  7. Stab as a noun:

    A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.

  1. Stab as a verb (transitive):

    To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

    Examples:

    "If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate."

  2. Stab as a verb (transitive):

    To thrust in a stabbing motion.

    Examples:

    "to stab a dagger into a person"

  3. Stab as a verb (intransitive):

    To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger .

    Examples:

    "He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes."

  4. Stab as a verb (intransitive):

    To cause a sharp, painful sensation .

    Examples:

    "The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain."

  5. Stab as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.

    Examples:

    "to stab a person's reputation"

  6. Stab as a verb (transitive):

    To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.

  7. Stab as a verb (transitive):

    To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.

  1. Thrust as a noun (fencing):

    An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

    Examples:

    "Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought."

  2. Thrust as a noun:

    A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

    Examples:

    "The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"

  3. Thrust as a noun:

    The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

    Examples:

    "Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void."

  4. Thrust as a noun (figuratively):

    The primary effort; the goal.

    Examples:

    "Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education."

  1. Thrust as a verb (intransitive):

    To make advance with force.

    Examples:

    "We thrust at the enemy with our forces."

  2. Thrust as a verb (transitive):

    To force something upon someone.

    Examples:

    "I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me."

  3. Thrust as a verb (transitive):

    To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

    Examples:

    "He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers."

  4. Thrust as a verb (transitive):

    To push or drive with force; to shove.

    Examples:

    "to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument"

  5. Thrust as a verb (intransitive):

    To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

  6. Thrust as a verb:

    To stab; to pierce; usually with through.