Command vs Mutter - What's the difference?

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Command is a related term of mutter.

As nouns the difference between command and mutter

is that command is an order to do something while mutter is .

As a verb command

is to order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

command

English

Noun

(en noun)

An order to do something.

I was given a command to cease shooting.

The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.

to have command of an army

power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

he had command of the situation

England has long held command of the sea

a good command of language

A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.

General Smith was placed in command .

The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.

Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful.'' (''H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 180)

(military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.

* 1899 ,

I asked myself what I was to do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river.

Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.

(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.

(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.

He's got good command tonight.

Verb

(en verb)

To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

The soldier was commanded to cease firing.

The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.

* Francis Bacon

We are commanded' to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are ' commanded to forgive our friends.

* Shakespeare

Go to your mistress: / Say, I command her come to me.

To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.

to command an army or a ship

* Macaulay

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.

* Shakespeare

Such aid as I can spare you shall command .

To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.

he commanded silence

If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Mat. IV. 3.)

* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]

The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.

to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.

Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)

To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.

A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.

Justice commands the respect and affections of the people.

The best goods command the best price.

This job commands a salary of £30,000.

To hold, to control the use of.

The fort commanded the bay.

* Motley

bridges commanded by a fortified house

* Shakespeare

Up to the eastern tower, / Whose height commands as subject all the vale.

* Addison

One side commands a view of the finest garden.

(archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.

* Milton

Far and wide his eye commands .

(obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

* Bible, Leviticus xxv. 21

I will command my blessing upon you.

Synonyms

* (give an order) decree, order

Derived terms

* chain of command * commandable * command economy * commandeer * commander * commandery * command guidance * commanding * command key * command language * command line * commandment * command module * command performance * command post * high command * second in command * self-command * trains command * your wish is my command

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* English control verbs

mutter

English

Noun

(en noun)

A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter .

(in Indian restaurants) peas

Derived terms

* mutter paneer

Verb

(en verb)

To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.

You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.

The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.

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To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.

The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.

* Dryden

Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, / And mutter to himself.

To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.

* Alexander Pope

Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.

Synonyms

* (sense, speak under one's breath) growl, grumble, mumble * (speak incoherently) babble, mumble, murmur, ramble, stutter * (make a low sound) growl, putter, rumble * See also