The difference between Stock and Swag

When used as nouns, stock means a store of goods ready for sale, whereas swag means a loop of draped fabric.

When used as verbs, stock means to have on hand for sale, whereas swag means to sway.


Stock is also adjective with the meaning: of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.

check bellow for the other definitions of Stock and Swag

  1. Stock as a noun (operations):

    A store or supply. A store of goods ready for sale; inventory. A supply of anything ready for use. Railroad rolling stock. A stack of undealt cards made available to the players. Farm or ranch animals; livestock. The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.

    Examples:

    "We have a stock of televisions on hand."

    "Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season."

  2. Stock as a noun (finance):

    The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder. The price or value of the stock for a company on the stock market. The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued. Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.

    Examples:

    "When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped [[precipitously]]."

    "After that last [[screw-up]] of mine, my stock is pretty low around here."

  3. Stock as a noun (cooking, uncountable, countable):

    The raw material from which things are made; feedstock. Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup. The type of paper used in printing. Undeveloped film; film stock. Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.

    Examples:

    "The books were printed on a heavier stock this year."

  4. Stock as a noun:

    Stock theater, summer stock theater.

  5. Stock as a noun (horticulture):

    The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches. The plant upon which the scion is grafted. lineage, family, ancestry. # A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.

  6. Stock as a noun:

    Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.

  7. Stock as a noun (firearm):

    A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached. The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder. The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.

  8. Stock as a noun:

    Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place. The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc. The tailstock of a lathe.

  9. Stock as a noun (nautical):

    A bar, stick or rod. A ski pole. A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes. The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder. A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)

  10. Stock as a noun:

    A type of (now formal or official) neckwear. A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.

  11. Stock as a noun:

    A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle

  12. Stock as a noun (folklore):

    A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.

  13. Stock as a noun (obsolete):

    A cover for the legs; a stocking.

  14. Stock as a noun:

    A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.

  15. Stock as a noun (by extension, obsolete):

    A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.

  16. Stock as a noun (UK, historical):

    The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.

  17. Stock as a noun (shipbuilding, in the plural):

    The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.

  18. Stock as a noun (UK, in the plural):

    Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.

  19. Stock as a noun (biology):

    In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

  20. Stock as a noun:

    The beater of a fulling mill.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  1. Stock as a verb:

    To have on hand for sale.

    Examples:

    "The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables."

  2. Stock as a verb:

    To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.

    Examples:

    "to stock a warehouse with goods"

    "to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools"

    "to stock land, i.e. to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass"

  3. Stock as a verb:

    To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.

  4. Stock as a verb:

    To put in the stocks as punishment.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  5. Stock as a verb (nautical):

    To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.

  6. Stock as a verb (card games, dated):

    To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.

  1. Stock as an adjective:

    Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.

    Examples:

    "stock items"

    "stock sizes"

  2. Stock as an adjective (racing, of a race car):

    Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.

  3. Stock as an adjective:

    Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.

    Examples:

    "That band is quite stock"

    "He gave me a stock answer"

  1. Stock as a noun:

    A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

  1. Swag as a verb (intransitive, and, transitive):

    To sway; to cause to sway.

  2. Swag as a verb (intransitive):

    To droop; to sag.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir H. Wotton"

  3. Swag as a verb (transitive):

    To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.

  1. Swag as a noun (window coverings):

    A loop of draped fabric.

  2. Swag as a noun:

    A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.

  1. Swag as a noun (slang):

    Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

  1. Swag as a noun (obsolete, thieves' cant):

    A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.

  2. Swag as a noun (thieves' cant, uncountable):

    Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.

  3. Swag as a noun (uncountable):

    Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions.

  4. Swag as a noun (countable, Australia, dated):

    The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.

  5. Swag as a noun (countable, Australia, by extension):

    A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.

  6. Swag as a noun (countable, Australia, New Zealand):

    A large quantity (of something).

  1. Swag as a verb (Australia, ambitransitive):

    To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).

  2. Swag as a verb:

    To transport stolen goods.

  1. Swag as a noun:

    ; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.

    Examples:

    "I can take a swag at the answer, but it may not be right."