The difference between Stage and Tier

When used as nouns, stage means a phase, whereas tier means one who ties (knots, etc).

When used as verbs, stage means to produce on a stage, to perform a play, whereas tier means to arrange in layers.


check bellow for the other definitions of Stage and Tier

  1. Stage as a noun:

    A phase.

    Examples:

    "He is in the recovery stage of his illness."

    "Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage."

  2. Stage as a noun (theater):

    A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.

    Examples:

    "The band returned to the stage to play an [[encore]]."

  3. Stage as a noun:

    A floor or storey of a house.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wyclif"

  4. Stage as a noun:

    A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.

  5. Stage as a noun:

    A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

  6. Stage as a noun:

    A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.

    Examples:

    "The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies."

  7. Stage as a noun (dated):

    A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.

  8. Stage as a noun (dated):

    A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road.

    Examples:

    "a stage of ten miles"

  9. Stage as a noun (electronics):

    The number of an electronic circuit's block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.

    Examples:

    "a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter"

  10. Stage as a noun:

    The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.

    Examples:

    "He [[placed]] the [[slide]] on the [[stage]]."

  11. Stage as a noun (video games):

    A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.

    Examples:

    "How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage?"

  12. Stage as a noun:

    A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.

  13. Stage as a noun (geology):

    The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.

  1. Stage as a verb:

    To produce on a stage, to perform a play.

    Examples:

    "The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice"."

  2. Stage as a verb:

    To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.

    Examples:

    "The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective."

  3. Stage as a verb:

    (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.

  4. Stage as a verb:

    To place in position to prepare for use.

    Examples:

    "We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag."

    "to stage data to be written at a later time"

  1. Tier as a noun:

    One who ties (knots, etc).

  2. Tier as a noun:

    Something that ties.

  3. Tier as a noun (archaic):

    A child's apron.

  1. Tier as a noun:

    A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.

  1. Tier as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange in layers.

  2. Tier as a verb (transitive):

    To cascade in an overlapping sequence.

  3. Tier as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.