Adhere vs Ascribe - What's the difference?
adhere | ascribe |
To stick fast or , as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
As verbs the difference between adhere and ascribe
is that adhere is while ascribe is to attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.adhere
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(adher)Antonyms
* cleaveAnagrams
* * ----ascribe
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Verb
(ascrib)- One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
- It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.