stay home \ stay at home

Kenta wrote:

Hello. Is there any difference between "stay home" and "stay at home"? I know both are OK, but if there is a slight difference, will you tell me?                                                              Thank you.

home is an adverb so you say stay home.

I dont think you can say 'stay at home.'  You need a possessive noun  right in front of 'home.' For instance, stay at her home.

No you don't either, Barb, everybody knows all we do is eat bonbons all day; therefore, we are not valued by society.

I have heard "stay at home" without the hyphens or the mom.

What are you up to this weekend?

Oh, I'm so worn out, I think I just want to stay at home and veg out.

( veg or veg out - not sure of spelling! - pronounced "vedge" - short for vegetate, means to do as little as possible)

Hi,

I have seen stay-at-home used before a noun to mean 'staying at home, rather than working somewhere else, usually in order to take care of children'. For the same meaning, I also found people use 'to stay at home'. For example:

"'Mommy Wars': To Work or Stay at Home" -  http://i.abcnews.com/GMA/AmericanFamily/story?id=1648502&page=1

'To stay at home' is also used to show a decision to live at home instead of elsewhere, as in:

"VITAL SIGN: AGING; Fighting Frailty to Stay at Home" -  http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E0D81F3DF931A15753C1A9649C8B63