Difference between Commit and Charge

What is the difference between Commit and Charge?

Commit as a verb is to give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto. while Charge as a verb is to place a burden upon.

Commit

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison. To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault. To join a contest; to match; -- followed by with. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; for example to commit oneself to a certain action, to commit oneself to doing something. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.) To confound. , To sin; especially, to be incontinent.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.

Example sentence: One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.

Charge

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place a burden upon.To assign a duty to.To formally accuse of a crime.To assign a debit to an account.To pay on account, as by using a credit card.To cause to take on an electric charge.To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.To commit a charging foul.(of a batsman) To take a few steps doen the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: responsibility.Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.A load or burden; cargo.The amount of money levied for a service.An instruction.A ground attack against a prepared enemy.An accusation.An electric charge.An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.An image displayed on an escutcheon.

Example sentence: Never stand and take a charge... charge them too.

We hope you now know whether to use Commit or Charge in your sentence.

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