Convey vs Constitute - What's the difference?
convey | constitute |
To transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.
* Shakespeare
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
* John Locke
(legal) To transfer legal rights (to).
* Spenser
(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
* Jeremy Taylor
To make up; to compose; to form.
* Johnson
To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
* William Wordsworth
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between convey and constitute
is that convey is (obsolete) to carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve while constitute is (obsolete) an established law.As verbs the difference between convey and constitute
is that convey is to transport; to carry; to take from one place to another while constitute is to cause to stand; to establish; to enact.As a noun constitute is
(obsolete) an established law.convey
English
Verb
(en verb)- Convey me to my bed, then to my grave.
- Air conveys''' sound; words '''convey ideas.
- to convey''' an impression; to '''convey information
- Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts.
- He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.
- The Earl of Desmond secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust.
- I will convey the business as I shall find means.
Synonyms
* (to convey a message) send, relayDerived terms
* conveyable * conveyance * conveyee * conveyer * conveyorconstitute
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(constitut)- Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
- Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
- Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.