Porch vs. Stoop

Porchnoun

(architecture) A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof.

Porchnoun

A portico; a covered walk.

Porchnoun

A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.

Porchnoun

A portico; a covered walk.

Porchnoun

a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

Porch

A porch (from Old French porche, from Latin porticus , from porta ) is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and forms a low front.

Stoopnoun

The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.

Stoopnoun

The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.

Stoopnoun

A stooping, bent position of the body

Stoopnoun

An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.

Stoopnoun

(dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.

Stoopnoun

A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.

Stoopverb

To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.

Stoopverb

To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

Stoopverb

Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.

Stoopverb

(transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.

Stoopverb

(transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.

Stoopverb

To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.

Stoopverb

To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

Stoopverb

To degrade.

Stoopnoun

Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.

Stoopnoun

A vessel of liquor; a flagon.

Stoopnoun

A post fixed in the earth.

Stoopnoun

The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.

Stoopnoun

Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.

Stoopnoun

The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.

Stoopverb

To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.

Stoopverb

To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.

Stoopverb

To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

Stoopverb

To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.

Stoopverb

To sink when on the wing; to alight.

Stoopverb

To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.

Stoopverb

To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.

Stoopverb

To cause to submit; to prostrate.

Stoopverb

To degrade.

Stoopnoun

an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward

Stoopnoun

basin for holy water

Stoopnoun

small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house

Stoopverb

bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

Stoopverb

debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way;

Stoopverb

descend swiftly, as if on prey;

Stoopverb

sag, bend, bend over or down;

Stoopverb

carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward;