Conduce vs Tend - What's the difference?
conduce | tend | Synonyms |
To contribute or lead to a specific result.
* Macaulay
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, title= * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 85:
* 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 343:
(legal, Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
(followed by a to infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic.
(with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
* Emerson
To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To await; to expect.
(obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
* Chapman
(nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.
Conduce is a synonym of tend.
As verbs the difference between conduce and tend
is that conduce is to contribute or lead to a specific result while tend is to kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn or tend can be (legal|old english law) to make a tender of; to offer or tender or tend can be (with to) to look after (eg an ill person).conduce
English
Verb
(conduc)- He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.
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- There was thus a strong tendency to assume that obedience to God's commandments could conduce to prosperity and safety.
- Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace.
tend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tenden, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Derived terms
* (l), (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) *.Verb
(en verb)- They tend to go out on Saturdays.
- It tends to snow here in winter.
Usage notes
* In sense 2. this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. * SeeDerived terms
* tendencySee also
* be given toEtymology 3
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess.
- Shepherds tend their flocks.
- There's not a sparrow or a wren, / There's not a blade of autumn grain, / Which the four seasons do not tend / And tides of life and increase lend.
- Was he not companion with the riotous knights / That tend upon my father?
- (Shakespeare)
- Being to descend / A ladder much in height, I did not tend / My way well down.