Consisted vs Conformed - What's the difference?
consisted | conformed |
(consist)
(obsolete) To exist, to be.
*, II.15:
*:Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth our pleasure and theirs?
To be comprised or contained (in).
To be composed, formed, or made up (of).
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, title= (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
(conform)
(intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
* 1822 , , Peveril of the Peak , ch. 1:
* 1839 , , The Voyage of the Beagle , ch. 4:
To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
* 1919 , , The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit , ch. 11:
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To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
* , "Vanbrugh's House" in The Poems of Jonathan Swift (1910 edition):
* 1836 , , Nature , ch. 6:
As verbs the difference between consisted and conformed
is that consisted is (consist) while conformed is (conform).consisted
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Verb
(head)consist
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) consister, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Lord Stranleigh Abroad, passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state,
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
Synonyms
* (be composed of) compriseDerived terms
* consist inEtymology 2
From (consist) (verb).Noun
(en noun)- The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.
Synonyms
* (rail transport) rakeExternal links
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* tocsins English heteronymsconformed
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Verb
(head)conform
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Verb
(en verb)- [H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.
- [B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.
- In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.
Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award," New York Times (retrieved 7 June 2011):
- A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law.
- There is a worm by Phoebus bred,
- By leaves of mulberry is fed,
- Which unprovided where to dwell,
- Conforms itself to weave a cell.
- The sensual man conforms' thoughts to things; the poet ' conforms things to his thoughts.