Difference Between Stocks and Shares

Stocks signify you claim ownership to part of a corporation and have the same meaning as shares. More  traditionally stocks referred to government stocks such as long dated bonds. Whearas shares reflected company shares.

However, today the difference between stocks and shares has become less obvious. For example, when people refer to the stockmarket they are primarily thinking about the FTSE-100 or Dow  Jones which trades in company shares and listed PLCs.