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Api vs Recommend - What's the difference?

api | recommend |

As a noun api

is .

As a verb recommend is

to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

api

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) Application programming interface.
  • (pharmacology) Active pharmaceutical ingredient.

    • External links

    * (Application programming interface) * (pedialite)

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    recommend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
    • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
  • To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
  • To advise, propose, counsel favorably
    • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
  • (archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
    • ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * discourage * disapprove * oppose

    Derived terms

    * recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommender

    Related terms

    * recommendation

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs