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Conduce vs Assist - What's the difference?

conduce | assist | Synonyms |

Conduce is a synonym of assist.


As verbs the difference between conduce and assist

is that conduce is to contribute or lead to a specific result while assist is (label) to stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).

As a noun assist is

a helpful action or an act of giving.

conduce

English

Verb

(conduc)
  • To contribute or lead to a specific result.
  • * Macaulay
    • He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.
  • * , chapter=19
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare.}}
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 85:
    • There was thus a strong tendency to assume that obedience to God's commandments could conduce to prosperity and safety.
  • * 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 343:
    • Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace.

    Related terms

    * conducive * conduct

    assist

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
    • A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
  • (label) To attend
  • * 1967 , The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church , revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8:
    • To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.
  • To help.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials.}}
  • (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

    • Derived terms

    * assister * assistive

    Related terms

    * assistant * assistance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A helpful action or an act of giving.
    • The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
  • (sports) A statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
    • He had two assists in the game.

    Derived terms

    * assistful * assistless

    Anagrams

    * ----