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Usher vs Bring - What's the difference?

usher | bring |

As verbs the difference between usher and bring

is that usher is to guide people to their seats while bring is to transport toward somebody/somewhere.

As a noun usher

is a person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

As an interjection bring is

the sound of a telephone ringing.

usher

English

(wikipedia usher)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
  • A male escort at a wedding.
  • A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
  • (dated) An underteacher, or assistant master, in a school.
  • Derived terms

    * usherette

    Verb

  • To guide people to their seats.
  • * 1836 , , Sketches by Boz , "The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain."
  • Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat, dropped a respectful curtsey, and shut the door;
  • To accompany or escort (someone).
  • * 1898 , , The Rise of the Dutch Republic , page 509
  • Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered .
  • (figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
  • * 1912 , Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750 , page 31
  • Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.
  • (figuratively) to lead or guide somewhere
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 29 , author=Keith Jackson , title=SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0 , work=Daily Record citation , page= , passage=McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.}}

    Derived terms

    * usher in

    Anagrams

    * *

    bring

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bringen, from (etyl) ).

    Verb

  • (lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
  • * {{quote-book, year=a1420, year_published=1894, author=The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, by=(Lanfranc of Milan)
  • , title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie." , chapter=Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone, isbn=1163911380 , publisher=K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, location=London, editor=Robert von Fleischhacker, page=63 , passage=Ne take noon hede to brynge' togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne ' brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.}}
  • *
  • At twilight in the summeron the floor.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’
  • * {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian
  • , title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?, newsfeed=true , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.}}
  • To supply or contribute.
  • *
  • *:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • (lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
  • To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.
  • To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
  • (lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
  • Usage notes
    Past (brang) and past participle (brung) and (broughten) forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from "bring") * bring about * bring around * bring back * bring down * bring forth * bring forwards * bring home * bring in * bring it * bring it on * bring off * bring on * bring out * bring round * bring to * bring to light * bring up * inbring * outbring

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopeia

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The sound of a telephone ringing.