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What is the difference between a stock and a share?

As far as I can understand a stock and a share may have the same meaning. How can they be distinguished from one another when used? How can I understand when a stock means a share or it means all shares equaled to capitalization of a company. How to understand a sentnce - What do you get when you own a stock? What stock is meant here?

Public Comments

1. share is part of stock
2. Ok, basically stocks are grouped together and called stocks because each "stock" is a portion you own of a certain company. The shares are what make up each stock. So say you own five stocks, and each stock you have twenty shares. - Company one = 20 shares - Company two = 20 shares ...etc.