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Conclude vs Consist - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between conclude and consist

is that conclude is to come to a conclusion, to a final decision while consist is to be composed, formed, or made up (of).

As verbs the difference between conclude and consist

is that conclude is to end; to come to an end while consist is (obsolete|intransitive) to exist, to be.

As a noun consist is

(rail transport) a lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.

conclude

English

Verb

(conclud)
  • To end; to come to an end.
    • The story concluded with a moral.
  • To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • I will conclude this part with the speech of a counsellor of state.
  • To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
    • to conclude a bargain
  • * Shakespeare
    • if we conclude a peace
  • To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
    • From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.
  • * Tillotson
    • No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him.
  • (obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
  • * Addison
    • But no frail man, however great or high, / Can be concluded blest before he die.
  • To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive.
    • The defendant is concluded by his own plea.
    A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it.
  • (obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.
  • * Hooker
    • The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave.
  • (obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
  • * Bible, Romans xi. 32
    • For God hath concluded all in unbelief.
  • * Bible, Gal. iii. 22
    • The Scripture hath concluded all under sin.
  • (logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

    • Derived terms

    * concluder * concludable * conclusion * conclusive * conclusible

    Antonyms

    * (to end) begin, initiate, start

    consist

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) consister, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To exist, to be.
  • *, II.15:
  • *:Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth our pleasure and theirs?
  • To be comprised or contained (in).
  • To be composed, formed, or made up (of).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , chapter=6, title= Lord Stranleigh Abroad , passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state,
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli , passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
    Synonyms
    * (be composed of) comprise
    Derived terms
    * consist in
    Related terms
    * consistence * consistency * consistent

    Etymology 2

    From (consist) (verb).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
    • The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.
    Synonyms
    * (rail transport) rake

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