What do you like to sit on? A chair, in German, is a "Stuhl" ---- the word that we get "stool" from.
But a "stool" in American English can have several meanings....
The first is related to a chair. It is usually a chair without any back or sides. It can sit high or low. We can stand on it to reach things high up. Or we can sit on a stool at a "counter" to eat things. When someone goes to the bathroom, he or she also uses a "stool."
The second meaning is a medical term from the bathroom object. If a doctor or nurse asks you for a "stool sample," he or she is not asking about your chairs. He or she wants you to provide a sample -- a little bit -- of something that comes from your body naturally, every day.
There is also an American slang term called a "stool pigeon." But that is for another day.....
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