Address vs Conduct - What's the difference?

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between address and conduct

is that address is (obsolete) to prepare or make ready while conduct is (obsolete) convoy; escort; guard; guide.

In lang=en terms the difference between address and conduct

is that address is to address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to while conduct is to carry out (something organized).

As nouns the difference between address and conduct

is that address is direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed while conduct is the act or method of controlling or directing.

As verbs the difference between address and conduct

is that address is (obsolete) to prepare oneself while conduct is (archaic|transitive) to lead, or guide; to escort.

address

English

(wikipedia address)

Noun

(es)

Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

Act of addressing oneself to a person; a discourse or speech.

* 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , VII:

Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer.

Manner of speaking to another; delivery.

Attention in the way one addresses a lady.

Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

* 1813 , "Customs, Manners, and present Appearance of Constantinople", The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1812 , p. 179 (Google preview):

At their turning-lathes, they employ their toes to guide the chisel; and, in these pedipulations, shew to Europeans a diverting degree of address .

(obsolete) Act of preparing oneself.

A description of the location of a property.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}

(by extension) The property itself.

(computing) A location in computer memory.

(Internet) An Internet address; URL.

Derived terms

* subaddress, subaddressing

Synonyms

* adroitness * discourse * harangue * ingenuity * lecture * oration * petition * readiness * speech * tact

Verb

(obsolete) To prepare oneself.

* (rfdate), (William Shakespeare)

Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.

(obsolete) To speech.

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest .

(obsolete) To aim; to .

* (rfdate), (Edmund Spenser)

And this good knight his way with me addrest .

(obsolete) To prepare or make ready.

* (rfdate), (Edmund Spenser)

His foe was soon addressed .

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

Turnus addressed his men to single fight.

* (rfdate), (Jeremy Taylor)

The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.

(reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

* (rfdate) (Thomas Babington Macaulay)

These men addressed themselves to the task.

* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby Dick) ,

[...] good heavens! dumplings for supper! One young fellow in a green box coat, addressed himself to these dumplings in a most direful manner.

(archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.

* (rfdate) Jewel

Tecla ... addressed herself in man's apparel.

To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).

* (rfdate) (John Dryden)

''The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance.

To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)

Are not your orders to address the senate?

* (rfdate) (Jonathan Swift)

The representatives of the nation addressed the king.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

, volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.

To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.

To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.

To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03

, author=Lee A. Groat, volume=100, issue=2, page=128, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Gemstones , passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}

(formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 19, author=Josh Halliday, work=The Guardian

, title= Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , passage="By all means we want people to use social media, but we do not want you to use it in ways that will incite violence," said Jonathan Toy, Southwark council's head of community safety. "This remains a big issue for us and without some form of censorship purely focusing on [violent videos], I'm not sure how we can address it."}}

(computing) To refer a location in computer memory.

(golf) To get ready to hit the ball on the tee.

Usage notes

* The intransitive uses can be understood as omission of the reflexive pronoun.

conduct

English

Noun

(-)

The act or method of controlling or directing

* 1785 , (William Paley), The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy

There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.

* Ld. Brougham

the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs

Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Conduct of armies is a prince's art. - .

* Robertson

with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct , that his forces were totally routed.

The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

Good conduct''' will be rewarded and likewise poor '''conduct will be punished.

* Macaulay

All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.

* Dryden

What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?

(of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

* Macaulay

the book of Job, in conduct and diction

(obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

* Ben Jonson

I will be your conduct .

* Shakespeare

In my conduct shall your ladies come.

That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

* Shakespeare

although thou hast been conduct of my chame

Synonyms

* (act or method of controlling or directing ) control, guidance, management * (manner of guiding or carrying one's self ): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour, * (plot of a literary work) action, plot, storyline

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To lead, or guide; to escort.

* 1634 , (John Milton),

I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.

To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on.

to conduct the affairs of a kingdom

Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.

(reflexively to conduct oneself ) To behave.

He conducted himself well.

To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=September 20 , author=Matt Day and Tatyana Shumsky , title=Copper Falls to 2011 Lows , work=(Wall Street Journal) citation , page= , passage=The metal easily conducts electricity and doesn't rust in water, properties that have made it valuable in uses from household plumbing and electric wiring}}

(music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

* 2006 , Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne

For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted' the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had '''conducted''' the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, ' conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.

To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

To carry out (something organized)

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=September 11 , author= , title=Fugro, Royal Philips Electronics: Benelux Equity Preview , work=San Fransisco Chronicle citation , page= , passage=The world's largest surveyor of deepwater oil fields won a contract to conduct a survey of the French Gulf of Lion to map sand reserves.}}

Synonyms

* (lead or guide) accompany, escort, guide, lead, steer, belead * (direct) direct, lead, manage, oversee, run, supervise, belead * act, behave, carry on * (to serve as a medium for conveying) carry, convey, transmit

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