Difference between Comply and Follow

What is the difference between Comply and Follow?

Comply as a verb is to yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. while Follow as a verb is to go or come after in physical space.

Comply

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. To fulfill; to accomplish. To infold; to embrace.

Example sentence: The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is running a few hundred units or maybe feeding 1,500 cattle a year, how will they ever comply with these requirements?

Follow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To go or come after in physical space.To go or come after in a sequence.To carry out in accordance to (orders, instructions, etc).To live one's live according to (religion, teachings, etc).To understand, to pay attention to.To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.To be a logical consequence of.

Example sentence: Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

We hope you now know whether to use Comply or Follow in your sentence.

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