Stitch vs. Suture

By Jaxson

  • Stitch (noun)

    A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

  • Stitch (noun)

    An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.

    “cross stitch”

    “herringbone stitch”

  • Stitch (noun)

    An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise.

  • Stitch (noun)

    A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn

    “drop a stitch”

    “take up a stitch”

  • Stitch (noun)

    An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.

  • Stitch (noun)

    A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.

  • Stitch (noun)

    Any space passed over; distance.

  • Stitch (noun)

    A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.

    “a stitch in the side”

  • Stitch (noun)

    A contortion, or twist.

  • Stitch (noun)

    Any least part of a fabric or dress.

    “to wet every stitch of clothes”

    “She didn’t have a stitch on.”

  • Stitch (noun)

    A furrow.

  • Stitch (verb)

    To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

    “to stitch a shirt bosom.”

  • Stitch (verb)

    To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.

    “to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.”

  • Stitch (verb)

    To practice/practise stitching or needlework.

  • Stitch (verb)

    To form land into ridges.

  • Stitch (verb)

    To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.

  • Stitch (verb)

    To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.

    “I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.”

  • Stitch (verb)

    To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.

  • Suture (noun)

    A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.

  • Suture (noun)

    Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.

  • Suture (noun)

    An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.

  • Suture (noun)

    A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey’s fibres which only occurs in the skull.

  • Suture (noun)

    A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.

  • Suture (noun)

    The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

  • Suture (verb)

    To sew up or join by means of a suture.

Wiktionary

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