She glued the pieces together.

Question

Is there any difference between "stick" and "glue"? I would like to know your answers. Thank you beforehand.

Answer 1

I think that the word glue is probably just more specific.

• I glued the pieces together.

• I stuck the pieces together with glue

• The pages were stuck together (not necessarily with glue)

Answer 2

There are also idioms that work for "stick/stuck" that don't work for "glue" e.g. "I was stuck in traffic for two hours!" or "Stick to your guns!" (plus others for which the sense of "stick" is very close to "insert" ["Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!"]

Answer 3

Nila, glue es con pegamento, stick no necesariamente con pegamento.

They stuck together. Estaban pegados (como lapas), jeje, o sea, se ayudaban.

They were glued together. Estaban pegados con pegamento. (Por ejemplo los dedos con ese pegamento que no se quita)

Lick the stamp and stick it on the envelope. Mira, esto es pegar con saliva.

Ya ví. He tardado un poco en reaccionar ante la respuesta de Izanoni, pero la verdad es que estaba bien claro todo... - nila45, Dec 30, 2009

Esto de "glue" estaba en uno de tus Flashcards. - nila45, Dec 30, 2009

Answer 4

¡Hola¡ In my view, there are important differences between the two words. Firstly, knowing what was "stuck" or "glued" would be helpful. "Glued" is more specific and would refer, by inference, that the object you are describing had a "sticky" or other substance that made the two pieces whole. It would also implicitly imply that the person doing the "gluing", has no intention of later on "un-gluing” the pieces. Stuck on the other hand, does not have an implicit reference to how the two objects became one, nor does it imply a "permanent" property of the combined object. So, the answer would really depend on the object, and the possibility of the person combining the two and having a reason to undo the combination at a later time.

Answer 5

I cannot believe it. Look at what I have just found in the dictionary. Can anyone give me a reason for this?

keep your eyes glued on the road

no apartes la vista de la carretera;

he was glued to the television

estaba pegado a la televisión

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Answer 6

There are also idioms that work for "stick/stuck" that don't work for "glue" e.g. "I was stuck in traffic for two hours!" or "Stick to your guns!" (plus others for which the sense of "stick" is very close to "insert" ["Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!"]

Yes, indeed. When I looked them up in the dictionary, I found the following meanings:

Stick- pegar, poner, atascar.

Answer 7

It would also implicitly imply that the person doing the "gluing", has no intention of later on "un-gluing” the pieces.

You mean, in an accidental gluing. For example, if an adhesive paper sticks to something, only by chance. Is that?

Answer 8

Hi Izanoni,

Look. I have just found this in the dictionary:

I’ll stick the pieces together again

voy a pegar los pedazos

I cannot still guess the difference.

Ah! I see... You use "glue" when you use "glue". And you can use "stick" whenever you want to say that you have stuck something.