Claim vs Dare - What's the difference?
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A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
To demand ownership of.
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
* John Locke
To proclaim.
To call or name.
To have enough courage (to do something).
* Shakespeare
* Macaulay
To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
* The Century
To terrify; to daunt.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
A challenge to prove courage.
The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
* Shakespeare
defiance; challenge
* Chapman
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
(obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.
*, Bk.XX, ch.xix:
*:‘Sir, here bene knyghtes com of kyngis blod that woll nat longe droupe and dare within thys wallys.’
A small fish, the dace.
* 1766 , Richard Brookes, The art of angling, rock and sea-fishing
In intransitive terms the difference between claim and dare
is that claim is to be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim while dare is to have enough courage (to do something).As nouns the difference between claim and dare
is that claim is a demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory) while dare is a challenge to prove courage.As verbs the difference between claim and dare
is that claim is to demand ownership of while dare is to have enough courage (to do something).As a proper noun DARE is
abbreviation of w:Dictionary of American Regional English|Dictionary of American Regional English|lang=en.claim
English
Alternative forms
* claym (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. SeeVerb
(en verb)- We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
- (Spenser)
- (Spenser)
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* English reporting verbs ----dare
English
(wikipedia dare)Etymology 1
From (etyl) durran, from (etyl) .Verb
- I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.
- The fellow dares not deceive me.
- Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Because they durst not, because they could not.
- I dare you to kiss that girl.
- Will you dare death to reach your goal?
- To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes.
- For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, / Would dare a woman.
- (Nares)
Usage notes
* Dare is a semimodal verb. The speaker can choose whether to use the auxiliary "to" when forming negative and interrogative sentences. For example, "I don't dare (to) go" and "I dare not go" are both correct. Similarly "Dare you go?" and "Do you dare (to) go?" are both correct. * In negative and interrogative sentences where "do" is not used, the third-person singular form of the verb is usually "dare" and not "dares": "Dare he go? He dare not go." * Colloquially, "dare not" can be contracted to "daren't". * The expression dare say'', used almost exclusively in the first-person singular and in the present tense, means "think probable". It is also spelt ''daresay . * Historically, the simple past of dare was durst. In the 1830s, it was overtaken by dared, which has been markedly more common ever since.Derived terms
* daredevil * daren't * daresay * daresn'tNoun
(en noun)- It lends a lustre / A large dare to our great enterprise.
- Childish, unworthy dares / Are not enought to part our powers.
- Sextus Pompeius / Hath given the dare to Caesar.
Etymology 2
(etyl) darian.Verb
(dar)Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- The Dare is not unlike a Chub, but proportionably less; his Body is more white and flatter, and his Tail more forked.