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Adhere vs Forsake - What's the difference?

adhere | forsake |

As verbs the difference between adhere and forsake

is that adhere is while forsake is to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently) , to renounce.

adhere

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(adher)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * adherent * adherence * adhesive * cohere * inhere

    Antonyms

    * cleave

    Anagrams

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    forsake

    English

    Verb

  • To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently) , to renounce.

    • References

    * * Notes: English irregular verbs English words prefixed with for- ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • to give up, relinquish
  • to denounce (the devil)

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    References

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