Difference between Apply and Enforce

What is the difference between Apply and Enforce?

Apply as a verb is to lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. while Enforce as a verb is to strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.

Apply

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. To betake; to address; to refer;—used reflexively. To submit oneself as a candidate for. To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

Example sentence: Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations between things. But to use and apply that language, we must be able fully to appreciate, to feel, to seize the unseen, the unconscious.

Enforce

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.To intensify, make stronger, add force to.To exert oneself, to try hard.To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.

Example sentence: Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the state to enforce those preferences.

We hope you now know whether to use Apply or Enforce in your sentence.

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