Difference between Do and Serve

What is the difference between Do and Serve?

Do as a noun is a function, celebration, party. while Serve as a noun is the act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games

Do

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A function, celebration, party. A hairdo. A period of confusion or argument. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts). A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

Part of speech: abbreviation

Definition: ditto

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. To perform; to execute. To suffice. To be reasonable or acceptable. To have (as an effect). To fare; to succeed or fail. To have as one's job. To cook. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. To treat in a certain way. To spend (time) in jail. To impersonate or depict. To kill. To have sex with. (See also do it) To cheat or swindle. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. To finish.

Serve

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various gamesA portion of food, a serving

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.To obey and worship.To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to.To be suitor to; to profess love to.To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with foodTo bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with serve up; formerly with serve in.To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to.To contribute to or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfyTo answer or be (in the place of something) to.To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward.To work; to operate.To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requiresTo make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subpoena.To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.To copulate with; to verb.To lead off with the first delivery (of the ball) over the net, as in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, etc.To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc.To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.

Example sentence: Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth... That's the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.

We hope you now know whether to use Do or Serve in your sentence.

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