Difference between Yield and Give

What is the difference between Yield and Give?

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

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: When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

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: Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

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

Also read

Popular Articles