Difference between Give and Yield

What is the difference between Give and Yield?

Give as a noun is the amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it. while Yield as a noun is a product; the quantity of something produced

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: I ain't giving up on myself, so if you give up on me, I ain't got nothing else to say for you.

Yield

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A product; the quantity of something produced

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give way; to allow another to pass first.To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.To produce as return, as from an investment.The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.To produce as a result.

Example sentence: Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

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

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