Accompany vs Partake - What's the difference?
accompany | partake |
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
* 1804 :
* 1581 , (Philip Sidney), An Apology of Poetry, or a Defense of Poesy , Book I:
* 1979 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), The History of England :
To supplement with; add to.
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, title= (senseid)(music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
(music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument.
(obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
* (rfdate) Holland:
(obsolete) To cohabit (with).
(obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
(formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.
* John Locke
To take a share or portion (of).
(obsolete) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).
* Francis Bacon
In lang=en terms the difference between accompany and partake
is that accompany is to supplement with; add to while partake is to take a share or portion (of).In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between accompany and partake
is that accompany is (obsolete) to cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with while partake is (obsolete) to have something of the properties, character, or office (of).As verbs the difference between accompany and partake
is that accompany is to go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with while partake is (formal) to take part in an activity; to participate.accompany
English
Verb
(en-verb)- The Persian dames, […] / In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march.
- They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
- He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
- Men say that they will drive away one another, […] and not accompany together.
Usage notes
(to go with) Persons are said to be accompanied by', and inanimate objects, state or condition is said to be accompanied ' with .Synonyms
* (go with) attend, escort, go with :* We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station. :* We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination . :* We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect . :*: A gentleman accompanies' a friend to some public place; he '''attends''' or ' escorts a lady.partake
English
Verb
- Brutes partake in this faculty.
- Will you partake of some food?
- The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general.
