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Agreeing vs According - What's the difference?

agreeing | according |

As verbs the difference between agreeing and according

is that agreeing is while according is .

As an adjective according is

agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

As an adverb according is

(obsolete) accordingly; correspondingly.

agreeing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * agreeingly * agreeingness English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    according

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • Mind and soul according well. -

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
    • This according voice of national wisdom.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
  • * 1604 , (William Shakespeare), Measure for Measure , V.i:
    • That apprehends no further than this world, / And squarest thy life according .
  • Consistently (as); in a corresponding manner (now generally expressing accordance with two or more alternatives).
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.20:
    • Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means.
  • In accordance, in a manner consistent (to) (something).
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • there was only a frightening silence, unenlivened even by the invidious enquiries of former years, which culminated, according to its stern nature, in a still more frightening old woman, a figure awaiting her on the very doorstep.

    Derived terms

    * according to * according as

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