Apparently vs Commence - What's the difference?
apparently | commence |
Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
* (rfdate) ,
Seemingly; in appearance only.
According to what the speaker has read or been told.
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To begin, start.
* (William Shakespeare)
* (Oliver Goldsmith)
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, title= To begin to be, or to act as.
* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
(UK, intransitive, dated) To take a degree at a university.
* Fuller
As an adverb apparently
is plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.As a verb commence is
to begin, start.apparently
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- If he should scorn me so apparently .
- A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
- Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
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Synonyms
* (in a way that is manifest) obviously, plainly, clearly, evidently * (in appearance only) ostensibly, seemingly * (according to what one has heard) allegedlycommence
English
Verb
(commenc)- Here the anthem doth commence .
- His heaven commences ere the world be past.
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- We commence judges ourselves.
- I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age.