badge vs stub

badge

noun
  • Something characteristic; a mark; a token. 

  • A police officer. 

  • A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages. 

  • A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one. 

  • A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization. 

  • A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information. 

  • A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area. 

  • A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings. 

  • An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement. 

verb
  • To show a badge to. 

  • To mark or distinguish with a badge. 

  • To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge. 

stub

noun
  • A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes. 

  • An old and worn horseshoe nail. 

  • A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. 

  • Stub iron. 

  • A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference). 

  • An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract 

  • A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. 

  • The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt. 

  • The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog 

  • Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump. 

  • A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development. 

  • A pen with a short, blunt nib. 

verb
  • To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots. 

  • To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe. 

  • To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground. 

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