Difference between Put and Arrange

What is the difference between Put and Arrange?

Put as a verb is to place something somewhere while Arrange as a verb is to set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.

Put

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A right to sell something at a predetermined price. A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date. An idiot; a foolish person.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To place something somewhere To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition To exercise a put option To express something in a certain manner To throw a heavy iron ball as a sport. See shot put.

Example sentence: A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

Arrange

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.To put in order, to organize.To re-set a piece of music for a different set of instruments.

Example sentence: Usually, one of us will bring a song to the group that they think we could arrange and perform well. If the group agrees, we arrange it. It doesn't always work out though. We've tried to arrange a few songs that just we ended up canning in the end.

We hope you now know whether to use Put or Arrange in your sentence.

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