Choose vs Recommend - What's the difference?
choose | recommend |
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
To elect.
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To decide to act in a certain way.
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To wish; to desire; to prefer.
*(Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
*:The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
(mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Scope for choice.
To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
To advise, propose, counsel favorably
(archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
As verbs the difference between choose and recommend
is that choose is to pick; to make the choice of; to select while recommend is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.As a conjunction choose
is (mathematics) the binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.As a noun choose
is (dialectal|or|obsolete) the act of choosing; selection.choose
English
(Choice)Alternative forms
* chuseEtymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Verb
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- The number of distinct subsets of size ''k'' from a set of size ''n'' is or "''n'' choose ''k''".
See also
* (projectlink)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(chooses)References
* * *recommend
English
Verb
(en verb)- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery