Concoct vs Conspire - What's the difference?
concoct | conspire |
to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking
to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
To secretly plot or make plans together, often used regarding something bad or illegal.
* Bible, Genesis xxxvii. 18
To agree, to concur to one end.
* Roscommon
* 1744 , , act 3, scene 5
To try to bring about.
* Bishop Hall
As verbs the difference between concoct and conspire
is that concoct is to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking while conspire is .concoct
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(en verb)Derived terms
* concocter * concoctor * concoctiveconspire
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(conspir)- They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.
- The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age.
- I feel my vanquish'd heart conspire
- To crown a flame by Heav'n approv'd.
- Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.