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Bid vs Exclaim - What's the difference?

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In intransitive terms the difference between bid and exclaim

is that bid is to make an attempt while exclaim is to cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.

In obsolete terms the difference between bid and exclaim

is that bid is to proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray while exclaim is exclamation; outcry, clamor.

As verbs the difference between bid and exclaim

is that bid is to issue a command; to tell while exclaim is to cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.

As nouns the difference between bid and exclaim

is that bid is an offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work while exclaim is exclamation; outcry, clamor.

As an initialism BID

is Bis in die: twice a day, two times per day.

bid

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • (medicine) Bis in die : twice a day, two times per day.
    • Commonly written as: "amoxicillin 500 mg BID ", read as: "amoxicillin totalling 500 milligram dosage (daily total), taken two times a day".

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    exclaim

    English

    Alternative forms

    * exclame

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
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  • *:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
  • * 1635 , John Donne, "His parting form her":
    • Oh fortune, thou'rt not worth my least exclame [...].