Difference between Give and Apply

What is the difference between Give and Apply?

Give as a verb is to transfer the possession or holding of (something to someone or something else). while Apply as a verb is to lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.

Give

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To transfer the possession or holding of (something to someone or something else). To bend slightly when a force is applied. To estimate or predict (a duration or probability for something). To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

Example sentence: Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

Apply

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.To betake; to address; to refer;—used reflexively.To submit oneself as a candidate for.To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

Example sentence: Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

We hope you now know whether to use Give or Apply in your sentence.

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