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Adhere vs Committed - What's the difference?

adhere | committed |

As verbs the difference between adhere and committed

is that adhere is to stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura while committed is past tense of commit.

As an adjective committed is

obligated by a pledge to some course of action.

adhere

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(adher)
  • To stick fast or , as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
  • To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
  • To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

    • Related terms

    * adherent * adherence * adhesive * cohere * inhere

    Antonyms

    * cleave

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    committed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (commit)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obligated by a pledge to some course of action.
  • showing commitment.
  • Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
  • (rhetoric) Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.