Difference between Convey and Communicate

What is the difference between Convey and Communicate?

Convey as a verb is to transport; to carry; to take from one place to another. while Communicate as a verb is to impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of.

Convey

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To transport; to carry; to take from one place to another. To communicate; to make known. To transfer legal rights (to).

Example sentence: Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

Communicate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To impart or transmit (to another); to give a share of.To impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell.To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.To receive or take part in Holy Communion.To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.

Example sentence: There's many ways you communicate. With colour, texture, sound... Even words can communicate.

We hope you now know whether to use Convey or Communicate in your sentence.

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