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Populate vs Settle - What's the difference?

populate | settle |


In lang=en terms the difference between populate and settle

is that populate is to live in; to inhabit while settle is to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between populate and settle

is that populate is (obsolete) populous while settle is (obsolete) a place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

As verbs the difference between populate and settle

is that populate is to supply with inhabitants; to people while settle is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.

As an adjective populate

is (obsolete) populous.

As a noun settle is

(archaic) a seat of any kind.

Settle vs Contain - What's the difference?

settle | contain |


As verbs the difference between settle and contain

is that settle is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc while contain is (lb) to hold inside.

As a noun settle

is (archaic) a seat of any kind.

Settle vs Apply - What's the difference?

settle | apply |


In lang=en terms the difference between settle and apply

is that settle is to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement while apply is to pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between settle and apply

is that settle is (obsolete) a place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part while apply is (obsolete) to visit.

As verbs the difference between settle and apply

is that settle is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc while apply is to lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.

As a noun settle

is (archaic) a seat of any kind.

As an adjective apply is

.

Settle vs Commit - What's the difference?

settle | commit |


As verbs the difference between settle and commit

is that settle is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc while commit is .

As a noun settle

is (archaic) a seat of any kind.

Settle vs Fixed - What's the difference?

settle | fixed |


As verbs the difference between settle and fixed

is that settle is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc while fixed is (fix).

As a noun settle

is (archaic) a seat of any kind.

As an adjective fixed is

not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

Settle vs Soothe - What's the difference?

settle | soothe |


In lang=en terms the difference between settle and soothe

is that settle is to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement while soothe is to bring comfort or relief.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between settle and soothe

is that settle is (obsolete) a place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part while soothe is (obsolete) to assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.

As verbs the difference between settle and soothe

is that settle is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc while soothe is (obsolete) to prove true; verify; confirm as true.

As a noun settle

is (archaic) a seat of any kind.

Settle vs Settling - What's the difference?

settle | settling |


As verbs the difference between settle and settling

is that settle is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc while settling is .

As nouns the difference between settle and settling

is that settle is (archaic) a seat of any kind while settling is the act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

Settle vs Change - What's the difference?

settle | change |


As nouns the difference between settle and change

is that settle is (archaic) a seat of any kind while change is (lb) change.

As a verb settle

is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.

Settle vs Love - What's the difference?

settle | love |


As nouns the difference between settle and love

is that settle is (archaic) a seat of any kind while love is money.

As a verb settle

is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.

Settle vs Square - What's the difference?

settle | square |


In lang=en terms the difference between settle and square

is that settle is to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement while square is to draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a with the same area as.

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between settle and square

is that settle is (archaic) a seat of any kind while square is (archaic) to take opposing sides; to quarrel.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between settle and square

is that settle is (obsolete) a place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part while square is (obsolete) to go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

As verbs the difference between settle and square

is that settle is to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc while square is to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.

As nouns the difference between settle and square

is that settle is (archaic) a seat of any kind while square is (geometry) a polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees.

As an adjective square is

shaped like a (the polygon).

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