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Consign vs Concede - What's the difference?

consign | concede |

As verbs the difference between consign and concede

is that consign is (business) to transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping while concede is .

consign

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
  • To entrust to the care of another.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Consigned the youthful consort to his care.
  • To send to a final destination.
  • to consign the body to the grave
  • * Atterbury
  • At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=If there's such a thing as pariah food – a recipe shunned by mainstream menus, mocked to near extinction and consigned to niche hinterlands for evermore – then the nut roast, a dish whose very name has become a watchword for sawdusty disappointment, is surely a strong contender.}}
  • To assign; to devote; to set apart.
  • * Dryden
  • The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor.
  • To stamp or impress; to affect.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • Consign my spirit with great fear.

    Derived terms

    * consignation * consignee * consigner * consignment * consignor

    Usage notes

    See usage note for commit.

    Anagrams

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    concede

    English

    Verb

    (conced)
  • To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
  • He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
    Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
  • To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
  • To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
  • To yield or make concession.
  • (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 2 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal.}}
  • (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
  • Synonyms

    (in sports) let in