Just to prove, that people will argue about anything: This is a stick.
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This is a twig. Are twigs sticks? 🤔
Apparently not. Twigs are still attached to the tree and are also flexible. Sticks are detached and dry, so they are not flexible.
That means if a branch or twig falls off the tree, it isn't immediately a stick! It has to dry out a bit, and then it's a stick! God damn. We really have words to differentiate anything and everything. 😮