The difference between Stake and Wager
When used as nouns, stake means a piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay, whereas wager means something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question.
When used as verbs, stake means to fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes, whereas wager means to bet something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Stake and Wager
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Stake as a noun:
A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
Examples:
"We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders."
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Stake as a noun (croquet):
A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
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Stake as a noun:
A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
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Stake as a noun:
The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
Examples:
"Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake."
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Stake as a noun:
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
Examples:
"The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business."
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Stake as a noun:
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
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Stake as a noun:
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
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Stake as a noun (Mormonism):
A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
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Stake as a verb (transitive):
To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
Examples:
"to stake vines or plants"
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Stake as a verb (transitive):
To pierce or wound with a stake.
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Stake as a verb (transitive):
To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
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Stake as a verb (transitive):
To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
Examples:
"John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him."
"His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started."
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Wager as a noun:
Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
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Wager as a noun:
That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
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Wager as a noun (legal):
A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
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Wager as a noun (legal):
An offer to make oath.
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Wager as a verb (transitive):
To bet something; to put it up as collateral
Examples:
"I'd wager my boots on it."
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Wager as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
To suppose; to dare say.
Examples:
"I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this."
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Wager as a noun:
Agent noun of wage; one who wages.