What is the difference between bribe and buy?
bribe | buy |
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
* Hobart
That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
* Akenside
To give a to.
* F. W. Robertson
To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
* Benjamin Franklin
To obtain by some sacrifice.
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
To bribe.
To be equivalent to in value.
(informal) to accept as true; to believe
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
As nouns the difference between bribe and buy
is that bribe is something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty while buy is something which is bought; a purchase.As verbs the difference between bribe and buy
is that bribe is to give a to while buy is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.bribe
English
Noun
(en noun)- Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
- Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(brib)- Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
- to bribe somebody's compliance
buy
English
Verb
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
