Showing posts with label stylist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stylist. Show all posts

Thursday, June 21, 2012

style, stile

Style or style means fashion or way of doing something--clothing, hair, home decor, writing, music--
He only likes one style of music.
His style of writing is distinctive and recognizable.

Stile or stile ( rhymes with style ) means a  post that turns to let people through a fence or wall, or a bar that lifts to let people pass--
Put the stile back after you pass through.
"There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence, beside a crooked stile."

Now that you know that, you can say--
" He thought he had style when he hopped over the stile instead of paying the fare."

Note--"stylist" means someone who styles something, usually hair--
She had an appointment with her hair stylist, and didn't want to be late.
Not to be confused with "stylish" meaning in the latest fashion--
Her furniture is very stylish.
Note # 2--to "stylize" something means to render it in a particular fashion--
He tried to stylize the old folk song into a pop hit.
Note # 3--"stylus" means a pointed instrument used to write on an electronic device or wax tablet--
Use the stylus to sign your name on the screen.