Difference between Get and Convey

What is the difference between Get and Convey?

Get as a verb is to obtain, purchase or acquire. while Convey as a verb is to transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.

Get

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Offspring. Lineage. A difficult return or block of a shot. A git. A Jewish writ of divorce.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To obtain, purchase or acquire. To receive. To fetch. To become. To cause to become; to bring about. (used with preposition) To don or doff clothing, etc. To cause to do. To betake oneself. To arrive (at) or progress (towards a place or outcome). To go or come (to a specified place, or in a specified manner). To adopt or assume (a certain position or state). To begin (doing something). To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service). To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc). To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something). To understand. To be (used to form the passive of verbs). To become ill with or catch (a disease). To catch out, trick successfully. To perplex, stump. To find as an answer. To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal). To physically assault. To hear completely; catch. To getter.

Example sentence: Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

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: I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can't. You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn't mean the writer himself is crazy.

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

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