Carry vs Offer - What's the difference?
carry | offer | Synonyms |
(lb) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
*1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Ch.23:
*:"By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
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To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
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To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.
*(Bible), (w) xxxi.18
*:He carried away all his cattle.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
(lb) To stock or supply (something).
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(lb) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
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(lb) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly; as, to carry a motion.
In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
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(lb) To have or maintain (something).
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(lb) To be transmitted; to travel.
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*1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Ch.1:
*:It might seem easy to hit the head of a barrel at that distance, but either the lads were not expert enough or else the snowballs, being of irregular shapes and rather light, did not carry well. Whatever the cause, the fact remained that the barrel received only a few scattering shots and these on the outer edges of the head.
To insult, to diss.
To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Tom Rostance, work=BBC Sport
, title= (lb) To have on one's "person" (see examples).
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, title= To have propulsive power; to propel.
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To hold the head; said of a horse.
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(lb) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
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To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:The greater part carries it.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*:the carrying of our main point
(lb) To get possession of by force; to capture.
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:The town would have been carried in the end.
To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
*(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
*:He thought it carried something of argument in it.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
(lb) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
* (1609-1674)
*:He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.
To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
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A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
(computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition.
A proposal that has been made.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
(label) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
(lb) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
*Bible, (w) xxix. 36
*:Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
(lb) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
*2009 , Roger Williams, Triumph Tr2, 3, 3a, 4 & 4a
*:The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay.
(lb) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
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(lb) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
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(lb) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
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, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (lb) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
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(lb) To happen, to present itself.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:The occasion offers , and the youth complies.
*1749 , (John Cleland), (w) , Penguin 1985, p.64:
*:The opportunity, however, did not offer till next morning, for Phoebe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to sleep.
(lb) To make an attempt; used with at .
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:I will not offer at that I cannot master.
*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
*:He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:without offering at any other remedy
(lb) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
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(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
* {{quote-book
, year=2003
, author=James-Jason Gantt
, title=Losing Summer
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In transitive terms the difference between carry and offer
is that carry is to have on one's "person" (see examples) while offer is to put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.In intransitive terms the difference between carry and offer
is that carry is to be transmitted; to travel while offer is to happen, to present itself.In obsolete terms the difference between carry and offer
is that carry is to get possession of by force; to capture while offer is to make an attempt; used with at.carry
English
Verb
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Fulham 0-5 Man Utd, passage=Nani collected the ball on the halfway line, drifted past Bryan Ruiz, and carried the ball unchallenged 50 yards down the left before picking out Welbeck for a crisp finish from seven yards.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}}
Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Synonyms
* (lift and bring to somewhere else) bear, move, transport * (stock, supply ): have, keep, stock, supply * (adopt) adopt, take on, take over * (have, maintain ): have, maintain * (be transmitted, travel ): be transmitted, travelAntonyms
* (in arithmetic) borrow (the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of subtraction)Derived terms
* carrier * carry a torch for * carry a tune * carry away * carry back * carry coals to Newcastle * carrycot * carry forward * carriable * carrier * carry off * carry on * carry oneself * carry one's heart on one's sleeve * carry one's weight * carry out * carry over * carry someone's water * carry the ball * carry the bat * carry the can * carry the day * carry the mail * carry the message to Garcia * carry the torch * carry through * carry water for * cash-and-carry * headcarry * speak softly and carry a big stickNoun
(carries)- Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
Derived terms
* concealed carry * fireman's carry * full carry * negative carry * open carry * positive carryStatistics
* 1000 English basic wordsoffer
English
(wikipedia offer)Alternative forms
* offre (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) offer, from (etyl) . See verb below.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* make an offerEtymology 2
From (etyl) offren, offrien, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to -infinitive. SeeEtymology 3
Noun
(en noun)citation, isbn=t0595297498 9780595297498 , page=146 , passage=Once you finally discover yourself a dismember-er, a de-limber, a fucking head-cutter-offer , the most simple of tasks — enjoying a long walk outside, seeing a movie, conversing with a stranger in the library — all become prized and over-inflated moments of elation.}}
