Would you use sew when it talks about wound?
I hear some people using stitching while they talked about trousers and clothes.
Learn English – When do we use stitch and sew? Can we use them interchangeably
differencesword-usage
differencesword-usage
Would you use sew when it talks about wound?
I hear some people using stitching while they talked about trousers and clothes.
Best Answer
OK. A "stitch" is a single loop of thread, used to bind pieces of fabric (or other material) together, as when one uses a needle to draw a thread through the fabric layers. "Stitch" is countable (though different people may have different ways to count what is a stitch, especially for more complex ones, like an overlock stitch).
"Stitching", then is making repeated stitches, whether to bind up a wound or to put together a garment. (Or make a quilt, etc.)
"Sewing" is the activity involved in making items out of fabric or similar materials, using techniques resembling stitching. (What a "technique resembling stitching" means is subject to individual interpretation, but might include gluing, fastening together with rivets, fusing with heat, etc.) "Sew" is a verb (where "stitch" is both a noun and a verb), though "sewing" can be used as an uncountable noun.
Sewn items might be articles of clothing, curtains, coverings for pieces of furniture, bedding, the "convertible" roof of a car, or a dozen other things.
Either term may be used in a metaphorical sense -- "stitch together an alliance", "sew up a business deal".