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Conclude vs Slay - What's the difference?

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Conclude is a related term of slay.


As verbs the difference between conclude and slay

is that conclude is to end; to come to an end while slay is to kill, murder.

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

    slay

    English

    Verb

  • To kill, murder.
    • The knight slew the dragon.
    Our foes must all be slain .
  • (literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
    • You must slay these thoughts.
  • (by extension, colloquial) To defeat, overcome.
  • * 1956', “Giants '''Slay Bears in Pro Title Battle”, in ''Lodi News-Sentinel , 1956 December 31, page 8.
  • * 1985', “Redskins '''slay Giants; Thiesmann shatters leg”, in ''The Gadsden Times , 1985 November 19, page D1-5.
  • * 1993 , Jack Curry, “ Yanks’ Bullpen Falls Short Again”, in The New York Times , 1993 April 21:
    • The Yankees were actually slayed by two former Yankees because Rich Gossage pitched one scoreless inning in relief of Eckersley to notch his first victory.
  • (slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
    • Ha ha! You slay me!
    Usage notes
    * The alternative past tense and past participle form "slayed" is most strongly associated with the slang sense, "to delight or overwhelm": *: {{quote-book, i2=*::, 1929, Harry Charles Witwer, Yes Man's Land citation , passage="Cutey, you slayed me !" grins Jackie, working fast. "I guess that's what made the rest of 'em look so bad — you was so good!"}} * In recent use, "slayed" is also often found associated with the other senses as well. However, this is widely considered nonstandard."But slayed cannot be considered established in such use. Whether it eventually becomes established remains to be seen." — '>citation * A review of US usage 2000-2009 in COCA suggests that "slayed" is increasing in popularity, but remains less common than "slew". It is very rare in UK usage (BNC).

    Synonyms

    * kill, murder, assassinate * conquer, defeat, overcome * (to overwhelm or delight) kill, hit it out of the park

    Derived terms

    * slayer

    Related terms

    * onslaught * slaughter * self-slaughter

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