top vs stage
stage vs toptop and stage both are nouns.
top is an adjective but stage is not an adjective.
top and stage both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| top | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| stage | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
stage is a hypernym of
top; that is, stage is a
word with a broader meaning than top:
- top: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- stage: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
| top (noun) | stage (noun) |
|---|---|
| a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips | a section or portion of a journey or course |
| covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) | a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience |
| a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance | a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns |
| a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin | a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination |
| platform surrounding the head of a lower mast | the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') |
| the greatest possible intensity | any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something |
| the highest or uppermost side of anything | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process |
| the upper part of anything | any distinct time period in a sequence of events |
| the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | |
| the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | |
| the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat |
| top (adjective) | stage (adjective) |
|---|---|
| situated at the top or highest position |
| top (verb) | stage (verb) |
|---|---|
| be the culminating event | perform (a play), especially on a stage |
| finish up or conclude | plan, organize, and carry out (an event) |
| cut the top off | |
| strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin | |
| pass by, over, or under without making contact | |
| reach or ascend the top of | |
| provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure) | |
| be superior or better than some standard | |
| be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point | |
| be ahead of others; be the first |
Words related to "top"
- acme
- apical
- arrive at
- attain
- best
- big top
- blouse
- bodice
- bottom
- bout
- brow
- bustier
- canvas
- canvas tent
- canvass
- cap
- capital
- chapiter
- circus
- circus tent
- clear
- climax
- clip
- compete
- complete
- contend
- cover
- covering
- crest
- crop
- crown
- crowning
- culminate
- cut back
- degree
- desktop
- dress
- elevation
- exceed
- excel
- face
- finish
- frame
- furnish
- gain
- go past
- halter
- head
- height
- high
- hilltop
- hit
- hop
- humming top
- inning
- intensity
- intensiveness
- lead
- level
- lid
- lie
- lop
- make
- manhole cover
- masthead
- meridian
- mountain peak
- offer
- overhaul
- overstep
- overtake
- part
- pass
- pate
- peak
- peg top
- pinch
- pinnacle
- place
- platform
- plaything
- point
- poll
- provide
- prune
- reach
- region
- render
- rooftop
- round
- round top
- screwtop
- sex
- sex activity
- sexual activity
- sexual practice
- ship
- side
- snip
- spinning top
- spot
- stage
- stand out
- summit
- superlative
- supply
- surpass
- tail
- teetotum
- tip
- tiptop
- top of the inning
- top off
- top out
- top side
- topmost
- topographic point
- topper
- toy
- transcend
- treetop
- trim
- turn
- upmost
- upper side
- uppermost
- upside
- vie
- whip top
- whipping top
- whirligig
- woman's clothing
Words related to "stage"
- acme
- anal phase
- anal stage
- apogee
- apron
- arrange
- backstage
- cast
- chapter
- climax
- coach
- coach-and-four
- culmination
- degree
- diakinesis
- diplotene
- dogfight
- downstage
- dramatic art
- dramatics
- dramaturgy
- elevation
- end point
- extent
- fare-stage
- fertile period
- fertile phase
- forestage
- four-in-hand
- generation
- genital phase
- genital stage
- height
- house
- incubation
- initiate
- journey
- journeying
- ladder
- latency period
- latency phase
- latency stage
- left stage
- leg
- leptotene
- level
- living standards
- localise
- localize
- luteal phase
- menstrual phase
- meridian
- microscope stage
- mise en scene
- musth
- offstage
- oral phase
- oral stage
- pachytene
- peak
- performing arts
- period
- period of time
- phallic phase
- phallic stage
- phase
- phase of cell division
- pinnacle
- pioneer
- place
- plane
- platform
- point
- present
- proscenium
- quickening
- re-create
- recreate
- represent
- resultant
- right stage
- safe period
- scene
- secretory phase
- seedtime
- set
- setting
- stage left
- stage right
- stage setting
- stagecoach
- stager
- stagey
- staging
- stagy
- standard of life
- standard of living
- state
- state of the art
- summit
- superlative
- tee up
- terminality
- theater
- theater stage
- theatre
- theatre stage
- time period
- tiptop
- top
- travel
- traveling
- travelling
- ultimacy
- ultimateness
- upstage
- wing
- zygotene
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