The difference between Stage and Zone

When used as nouns, stage means a phase, whereas zone means each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).

When used as verbs, stage means to produce on a stage, to perform a play, whereas zone means to divide into or assign sections or areas.

check bellow for the other definitions of Stage and Zone

  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. Zone as a noun (geography, now, _, rare):

    Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).

  2. Zone as a noun:

    Any given region or area of the world.

  3. Zone as a noun:

    A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

    Examples:

    "There is a no-smoking zone that extends 25 feet outside of each entrance."

    "The white zone is for loading and unloading only."

    "Files in the Internet zone are blocked by default, as a security measure."

  4. Zone as a noun:

    A band or area of growth encircling anything.

    Examples:

    "a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent"

  5. Zone as a noun:

    A band or stripe extending around a body.

  6. Zone as a noun (crystallography):

    A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.

  7. Zone as a noun (baseball, informal):

    The strike zone.

    Examples:

    "That pitch was low and away, just outside of the zone."

  8. Zone as a noun (ice hockey):

    Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.

    Examples:

    "Players are off side, if they enter the attacking zone before the puck."

  9. Zone as a noun (handball):

    A semicircular area in front of each goal.

  10. Zone as a noun (chiefly, sports):

    A high-performance phase or period.

    Examples:

    "I just got in the zone late in the game: everything was going in."

  11. Zone as a noun (basketball, American football):

    A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.

  12. Zone as a noun (networking):

    That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.

  13. Zone as a noun (Apple computing):

    A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk.

  14. Zone as a noun (now, _, literary):

    A belt or girdle.

  15. Zone as a noun (geometry):

    The curved surface of a frustum of a sphere, the portion of surface of a sphere delimited by parallel planes.

  16. Zone as a noun (geometry, loosely, perhaps by meronymy):

    A frustum of a sphere.

  17. Zone as a noun:

    A circuit; a circumference.

  1. Zone as a verb:

    To divide into or assign sections or areas.

    Examples:

    "Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group."

  2. Zone as a verb:

    To define the property use classification of an area.

    Examples:

    "This area was zoned for industrial use."

  3. Zone as a verb:

    To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.

    Examples:

    "I must have zoned while he was giving us the directions."

    "Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned.'' (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)"

  4. Zone as a verb:

    To girdle or encircle.

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