Buy vs Participate - What's the difference?
buy | participate |
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.
To join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).
(obsolete) To share, share in (something).
* 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
(obsolete) To share (something) (with) others; to transfer (something) (to) or (unto) others.
* 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , II:
(obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
* 1608 , , I. i. 101:
In lang=en terms the difference between buy and participate
is that buy is to make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal) while participate is to join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).As verbs the difference between buy and participate
is that buy is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods while participate is to join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).As a noun buy
is something which is bought; a purchase.As an adjective participate is
(obsolete) acting in common; participating.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.
Synonyms
* purchase * (accept as true) accept, believe, swallow (informal), take on * make a buyAntonyms
* sell, vend * (accept as true) disbelieve, reject, pitchDerived terms
* bring-and-buy * buyable * buyer * buy back * buy into * buy it * buy to let * buy off * buy out * buy someone off * buy someone out * buy straw hats in winter * buy the farm * buy time * buy up * can I buy you a drink * impulse buy * money can't buy happiness * outbuy * rebuyAntonyms
* saleDerived terms
* buydown * buyout * impulse buyparticipate
English
Verb
(participat)- they seldome feed together, lest they might participate one anothers impurity: each has his owne cup [...].
- Make the Earth [...] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star.
Adjective
(-)- And, mutually participate , did minister / Unto the appetite and affection common / Of the whole body.