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Adhere vs Relate - What's the difference?

adhere | relate |

As verbs the difference between adhere and relate

is that adhere is while relate is .

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.
  • Antonyms

    * cleave

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    relate

    English

    Verb

    (relat)
  • To tell in a descriptive way.
  • To give an association.
  • To make a connection or correlation from one thing to another.
  • * 2002 , Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions (page 92)
  • The use of video made it possible to relate' the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to ' relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features
  • To have a connection.
  • I find it difficult to relate to others because i'm extremely introverted .
  • To interact.
  • To respond through reaction.
  • To identify with, understand.
  • (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
  • * Spenser
  • Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again / Both light of heaven and strength of men relate .

    Synonyms

    * chronicle * describe * divulge * recount * state