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# stuff is like material or a liquid
so wood is stuff, as is water.

bric-a-brac is things.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 19 Jun 2007, 11:22, archived)
# Does that work?
Water can't be stuff surely, Water is made up of stuff.

Can you even get collective water. Waters? Hmmm
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Tue 19 Jun 2007, 11:26, archived)
# i haven't a thing to wear
non of my stuff fits

is clothing things and stuff?
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Tue 19 Jun 2007, 11:29, archived)
# Clothing is something of a crossover...
It is both implied collective, and also individual items - for example you can put different items of clothes together.

All your clothes are 'stuff'

a selection of clothers to wear would be your 'things'
(I helped save b3ta! Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Tue 19 Jun 2007, 11:35, archived)
# yes
water is made of water. it's a recursive definition.

things are made of stuff. stuff is made of stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 19 Jun 2007, 11:32, archived)
# So you're saying "Things" are two or more "thing" and Stuff is a collection of things
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Tue 19 Jun 2007, 11:33, archived)