Create vs Convert - What's the difference?
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To put into existence.
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, title= To be creative, imaginative.
To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
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To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre?existent title (notably a church in Rome).
(archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
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A person who has converted to his or her religion.
A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
(lb) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
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*(Thomas Burnet) (1635?-1715)
*:if the whole atmosphere were converted into water
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:That still lessens / The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (lb) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
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(lb) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief.
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*:No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
(lb) To exchange for something of equal value.
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(lb) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
(lb) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
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To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
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(lb) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.
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(lb) To become converted.
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To cause to turn; to turn.
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*:O, which way shall I first convert myself?
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
To turn into another language; to translate.
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In transitive terms the difference between create and convert
is that create is to confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent title (notably a church in Rome) while convert is to express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.In intransitive terms the difference between create and convert
is that create is to be creative, imaginative while convert is to become converted.As an adjective create
is created, resulting from creation.As a noun convert is
a person who has converted to his or her religion.create
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(creat)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.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
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",
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.
Synonyms
* (to put into existence) generate * inventAntonyms
* (to put into existence) annihilate, extinguish * imitateAdjective
(en adjective)- Hearts create of duty and zeal.
External links
* * * (wikipedia "create")Anagrams
* English transitive verbs ----convert
English
Noun
(en noun)- They were all converts to Islam.
- I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert !
Verb
(en verb)Katie L. Burke
In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.}}
Wales 19-26 England, passage=Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.}}
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea, passage=But, after the error by Lampard's replacement Kalou, Roberto Soldado converted the penalty.}}