Act vs Exert - What's the difference?
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To put in vigorous action.
To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material.
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As verbs the difference between act and exert
is that act is to do something while exert is to put in vigorous action.As a noun act
is (countable) something done, a deed.act
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(en verb)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona, passage=Di Matteo clearly saw Drogba's power as a potential threat to a Barcelona defence stripped of Gerard Pique - but he barely caught sight of goal in a first 45 minutes in which the Catalans exerted their technical superiority.}}