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create | conduct |

As verbs the difference between create and conduct

is that create is (lb) while conduct is (archaic|transitive) to lead, or guide; to escort.

As a noun conduct is

the act or method of controlling or directing.

create

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(creat)
  • To put into existence.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author= , volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content",
  • To be creative, imaginative.
  • To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.
  • To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
  • To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre?existent title (notably a church in Rome).
  • Synonyms

    * (to put into existence) generate * invent

    Antonyms

    * (to put into existence) annihilate, extinguish * imitate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Hearts create of duty and zeal.

    Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs ----

    conduct

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act or method of controlling or directing
  • * 1785 , (William Paley), The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
  • There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.
  • * Ld. Brougham
  • the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs
  • Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
  • Conduct of armies is a prince's art. - .
  • * Robertson
  • with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct , that his forces were totally routed.
  • The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
  • Good conduct''' will be rewarded and likewise poor '''conduct will be punished.
  • * Macaulay
  • All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.
  • * Dryden
  • What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
  • (of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
  • * Macaulay
  • the book of Job, in conduct and diction
  • (obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • I will be your conduct .
  • * Shakespeare
  • In my conduct shall your ladies come.
  • That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
  • * Shakespeare
  • although thou hast been conduct of my chame

    Synonyms

    * (act or method of controlling or directing ) control, guidance, management * (manner of guiding or carrying one's self ): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour, * (plot of a literary work) action, plot, storyline

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To lead, or guide; to escort.
  • * 1634 , (John Milton),
  • I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
  • To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on.
  • to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
  • *
  • Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
  • (reflexively to conduct oneself ) To behave.
  • He conducted himself well.
  • To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 20 , author=Matt Day and Tatyana Shumsky , title=Copper Falls to 2011 Lows , work=(Wall Street Journal) citation , page= , passage=The metal easily conducts electricity and doesn't rust in water, properties that have made it valuable in uses from household plumbing and electric wiring}}
  • (music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
  • * 2006 , Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne
  • For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted' the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had '''conducted''' the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, ' conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.
  • To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
  • To carry out (something organized)
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 11 , author= , title=Fugro, Royal Philips Electronics: Benelux Equity Preview , work=San Fransisco Chronicle citation , page= , passage=The world's largest surveyor of deepwater oil fields won a contract to conduct a survey of the French Gulf of Lion to map sand reserves.}}

    Synonyms

    * (lead or guide) accompany, escort, guide, lead, steer, belead * (direct) direct, lead, manage, oversee, run, supervise, belead * act, behave, carry on * (to serve as a medium for conveying) carry, convey, transmit

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