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Cited vs Convey - What's the difference?

cited | convey |

As verbs the difference between cited and convey

is that cited is past tense of cite while convey is to transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.

cited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cite)
  • Anagrams

    * edict ----

    cite

    English

    Verb

    (cit)
  • To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
  • To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  • To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
  • Derived terms

    * citation

    See also

    * attest * quote

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A citation.
  • We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    convey

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Convey me to my bed, then to my grave.
    Air conveys''' sound; words '''convey ideas.
  • To communicate; to make known; to portray.
  • to convey''' an impression; to '''convey information
  • * John Locke
  • Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts.
  • (legal) To transfer legal rights (to).
  • He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.
  • * Spenser
  • The Earl of Desmond secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust.
  • (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I will convey the business as I shall find means.
  • (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
  • Synonyms

    * (to convey a message) send, relay

    Derived terms

    * conveyable * conveyance * conveyee * conveyer * conveyor