What's the difference between abide and stand?

Abide


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
  • (v. i.) To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
  • (v. i.) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
  • (v. t.) To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
  • (v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
  • (v. t.) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
  • (v. t.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rule-abiding parents can get a monthly stipend, extra pension benefits when they are older, preferential hospital treatment, first choice for government jobs, extra land allowances and, in some case, free homes and a tonne of free water a month.
  • (2) Essentially, it would pay into the EU for this privilege and abide by many EU trade laws, but without participation in Brussels.
  • (3) That is par for the course,” Obama said, repeating his argument that he was abiding by a “basic principle” that the US would not abandon its military personnel.
  • (4) Ever since the ex-PD leader Walter Veltroni started praising President Kennedy as a way to jettison communism, this has been an abiding theme, manifesting itself institutionally in the desperate attempt to engineer a US-style two-party system through breathtakingly inept electoral reforms – the latest one, the " Porcellum " (after porcello, swine), was behind the impasse earlier this year.
  • (5) "Orwell had an abiding interest in the countryside, rural life and growing his own food.
  • (6) Hong Kong is a law-abiding society and the rest of Hong Kong expect the occupiers, like everyone else in Hong Kong, to follow the law.
  • (7) British spies don wigs and makeup to testify at US trial of al-Qaida suspect Read more Abid Naseer was first arrested in 2009 in Britain on charges that he was part of a terror cell plotting to blow up a shopping mall in Manchester, England.
  • (8) The law-abiding nature of the people also helps cut down on fatalities.
  • (9) From study of the late results the authors conclude that abidance by the principles of oncological radicality is important.
  • (10) And Twitter , an international corporation, has to abide by each country's practices, rather than impose one on all.
  • (11) Inevitably at our rallies we unfortunately have some fanatics & we have tried our best to have them removed.” But it said it would abide by the singer’s request not to use his songs.
  • (12) Despite a lingering belief that they could have "gone in" with Labour if they had wanted to, the Lib Dems decided to abide responsibly by the logic of FPTP, and form a government that nobody had voted for at all.
  • (13) Google's legally abiding agreement with the FTC says that the company will stop "scraping" content from other sites and presenting it as its own in search results.
  • (14) Davis, however, said she had issued a new policy, effective immediately, to abide by Bunning’s order.
  • (15) In the face of personal threats, they have remained driven by an abiding sense of outrage.
  • (16) The convention requires its signatories "to abide by the final judgment of the court in any case to which they are parties".
  • (17) In all its work Willis says it will return to Young's abiding interest in non-state action and that the best way of understanding how a community functions is to talk to local people.
  • (18) Then everybody around the table has to sign a document that this study, multi-centre, multinational, will be carried out and we will abide by the conclusions and the results.
  • (19) This survey of 65 ATSP and their abidance by the major AAP guidelines showed that two thirds of the ATSP were based at facilities with pediatric tertiary care capabilities; most ATSP were not directed by pediatric critical care (PCC) or pediatric emergency care (PEC) specialists; most transport team personnel were not trained in PCC or PEC; most ATSP had specific protocols for different clinical situations; most ATSP had separate equipment appropriate for pediatric patients; and there was little variation in transport team composition based on different clinical situations.
  • (20) "I apologise unreservedly for the deception I therefore practiced on law abiding members of London Greenpeace.

Stand


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
  • (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
  • (n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
  • (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
  • (n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
  • (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
  • (n.) To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.
  • (n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
  • (n.) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
  • (n.) To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
  • (n.) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
  • (n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
  • (n.) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
  • (n.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
  • (n.) To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
  • (n.) To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
  • (n.) To measure when erect on the feet.
  • (n.) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
  • (n.) To appear in court.
  • (v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
  • (v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
  • (v. t.) To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
  • (v. t.) To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
  • (v. i.) The act of standing.
  • (v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
  • (v. i.) A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
  • (v. i.) A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
  • (v. i.) A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
  • (v. i.) A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
  • (v. i.) A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
  • (v. i.) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
  • (v. i.) Rank; post; station; standing.
  • (v. i.) A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
  • (v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
  • (v. i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the bars of Antwerp and the cafes of Bruges, the talk is less of Christmas markets and hot chocolate than of the rising cost of financing a national debt which stands at 100% of annual national income.
  • (2) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
  • (3) Such was the mystique surrounding Rumsfeld's standing that an aide sought to clarify that he didn't stand all the time, like a horse.
  • (4) "At the same time, however, we cannot allow one man's untrue version of what happened to stand unchallenged," he said.
  • (5) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (6) Where he has taken a stand, like on gun control after the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Obama was unable to achieve legislative change.
  • (7) Profit for the second quarter was £27.8m before tax but the club’s astronomical debt under the Glazers’ ownership stands at £322.1m, a 6.2% decrease on the 2014 level of £343.4m.
  • (8) "In a sea of bubblegum-cute popsters, Sistar stand out for their cool and sexy image," says Scobie.
  • (9) Cas reduced it further to four, but the decision effectively ends Platini’s career as a football administrator because – as he pointedly noted – it rules him out of standing for the Fifa presidency in 2019.
  • (10) If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.
  • (11) Pickles said that to restore its public standing, the corporation needed to be more transparent, including opening itself up to freedom of information requests.
  • (12) To confront this evil – and defeat it, standing together for our values, for our security, for our prosperity.” Merkel gave a strong endorsement of Cameron’s reform strategy, saying that Britain’s demands were “not just understandable, but worthy of support”.
  • (13) Every time I have seen him since – you stand up straight and it’s: ‘Hi, boss.
  • (14) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.
  • (15) "Everyone knows what it stands for and everyone has already got it in their home.
  • (16) The affected bowel was replaced through the laceration, and the vaginal defects were sutured with the mares standing, utilizing epidural anesthesia.
  • (17) Brazil and Argentina unite in protest against culture of sexual violence Read more The symbolic power of so many women standing together proves that focusing on victims does not mean portraying women as passive.
  • (18) "This will obviously be a sensitive topic for the US administration, but partners in the transatlantic alliance must be clear on common rules of engagement in times of conflict if we are to retain any moral standing in the world," Verhofstadt said.
  • (19) In January a similar group of MPs warned of a threat to Cameron in 2014 unless he improves the Tories' standing.
  • (20) Why Corporate America is reluctant to take a stand on climate action Read more “We have these quantum leaps,” Friedberg said.