Difference between stock and share

Posted By: Sm Adminon: December 30, 2015In: Miscellaneous

Stock:
A stock is a collection of shares of a member that are fully paid up. Stocks can be used in referring to investments in more than one company where there are shares of ownership in more than one. Stock typically takes the form of shares of either common stock or preferred stock.
Share:
A share is a smallest unit into which the company’s capital is divided which represents the ownership of the shareholders in the company. The two major types of shares are: ordinary shares and preference shares.
Differences:

Basis	Stock	Share
Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com)	The capital raised by a company or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares	A part or portion of a larger amount which is divided among a number of people, or to which a number of people contribute
Synonyms	Ordinary, strain, extraction, standard, customary, breed	Percentage, division, parcel, dispense, deal, allowance, participate
Antonyms	Irregular, exceptional, uncommon, absence, abnormal, waste	Assemble, conclude, dominate, direction, hold, depart
Types	Its types are: Common stock Preferred stock	Its types are: Ordinary shares Preference shares Cumulative preference shares Redeemable shares
Word origin	The word stock was originated from Old English stoc(c) ‘trunk, block of wood, post’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stok and German Stock ‘stick’. The notion ‘store, fund’ arose in late Middle English and is of obscure origin, perhaps expressing ‘growth from a central stem’ or ‘firm foundation’.	The word share was originated from Old English scearu ‘division, part into which something may be divided’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schare and German Schar ‘troop, multitude’, also to shear. The verb dates from the late 16th century.
Sections to be referred	Section 94 of the Indian companies Act, 1956.	Section 2 (46) of the Indian companies Act, 1956.
Paid up value	Stock can only be fully paid up.	Shares can be partly or fully paid up.
Definite number	A stock does not have such number.	A share has a definite number known as distinctive number.
Fractional transfer	Possible	Not possible.
Nominal value	No	Yes
Denomination	Unequal amounts	Equal amounts
Pronunciation	Eng (UK): /stɒk/ Eng (US): /stäk/	Eng (UK): /ʃɛː/ Eng (US): /SHer/
Example in Sentence	The stock prices have fallen. She holds a stock in this company.	He has a share of ABC Company. The one who buys the share becomes the shareholder of the company.