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Consign vs Reconcile - What's the difference?

consign | reconcile |

As verbs the difference between consign and reconcile

is that consign is (business) to transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping while reconcile is to restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.

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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    reconcile

    English

    (reconciliation)

    Verb

    (reconcil)
  • To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.
  • to reconcile people who have quarrelled
  • To make things compatible or consistent.
  • to reconcile differences
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, / Considered singly, or beheld too near; / Which, but proportioned to their light or place, / Due distance reconciles to form and grace.
  • * John Locke
  • The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.
  • To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.
  • Derived terms

    * reconciliation