The difference between Stack and Stack up
When used as verbs, stack means to arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack, whereas stack up means to put into a stack.
Stack is also noun with the meaning: a large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
check bellow for the other definitions of Stack and Stack up
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Stack as a noun:
A pile. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³) An extensive collection
Examples:
"Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner."
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Stack as a noun:
A smokestack.
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Stack as a noun:
In digital computing. A linear data structure in which the last data item stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue. A portion of computer memory occupied by a stack data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions. A standard set of software components commonly used together on a system – for example, the combination of an operating system, web server, database and programming language.
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Stack as a noun (math):
A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
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Stack as a noun (geology):
A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
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Stack as a noun (library):
Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
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Stack as a noun (figuratively):
A large amount of an object.
Examples:
"They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet."
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Stack as a noun (military):
A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
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Stack as a noun (poker):
The amount of money a player has on the table.
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Stack as a noun:
In architecture. A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. A vertical drainpipe.
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Stack as a noun (Australia, slang):
A fall or crash, a prang.
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Stack as a noun (bodybuilding):
A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
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Stack as a verb (transitive):
To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
Examples:
"Please stack those chairs in the corner."
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Stack as a verb (transitive, card games):
To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
Examples:
"This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!"
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Stack as a verb (transitive, poker):
To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
Examples:
"I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!"
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Stack as a verb (transitive):
To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
Examples:
"The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee."
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Stack as a verb (transitive, US, Australia, slang):
To crash; to fall.
Examples:
"Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend."
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Stack as a verb (gaming):
To operate cumulatively.
Examples:
"A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth."
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Stack up as a verb (transitive):
To put into a stack
Examples:
"Stack up the boxes."
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Stack up as a verb (intransitive):
to pile up; to accumulate
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Stack up as a verb (idiomatic, transitive):
To put a group of abstract things together.
Examples:
"to stack up memories"
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Stack up as a verb:
To compare with (something); to measure up. (Often used with or .)