Difference between According and Reported

What is the difference between According and Reported?

According as a verb is to make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. while Reported as a verb is to relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).

According

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Accordingly; correspondingly.

Example sentence: Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air. Without sincere longing, you will never find God.

Reported

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).

Example sentence: Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper.

We hope you now know whether to use According or Reported in your sentence.

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