Date vs Bound - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between date and bound

is that date is assigned end; conclusion while bound is a bounce; a rebound.

In obsolete terms the difference between date and bound

is that date is given or assigned length of life; duration while bound is ready, prepared.

In transitive terms the difference between date and bound

is that date is to have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with while bound is to cause to leap.

In intransitive terms the difference between date and bound

is that date is to become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc while bound is to leap, move by jumping.

As an adjective bound is

obliged (to).

date

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) datte, from (etyl) dactylus, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera , somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

We made a nice cake from dates .

The date palm.

There were a few dates planted around the house.

Derived terms

* date fish * date mussel * date palm * date plum * date shell * date tree

Etymology 2

From (etyl) date, and Die.

Noun

(en noun)

That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made.

the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.

US date''' : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK '''date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.

* 1681 , (John Dryden), The Spanish Friar

And bonds without a date , they say, are void.

The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. A specific day.

the date for pleading

* 1844 , (Mark Akenside), (The Pleasures of the Imagination), Book II

He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fix'd the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest.

Do you know the date of the wedding?

We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.

A point in time

You may need that at a later date .

(rare) Assigned end; conclusion.

* (rfdate) (Alexander Pope),

What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date .

(obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.

* (rfdate) (Edmund Spenser),

Good luck prolonged hath thy date .

* (rfdate) (George Chapman) (translator), (Homer) (author), (w) , Volume 1, Book IV, lines 282–5,

As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date ,

Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state,

Both in his age to keep in peace his house,

And to have children wise and valorous.

A pre-arranged social meeting.

I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.

A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.

I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date .

A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.

We really hit it off on the first date , so we decided to meet the week after.

We slept together on the first date .

The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date .

Derived terms

* * blind date * date night * date of birth * date rape * double date * due date * expiry date, expiration date * sell-by date * speed date * transaction date * use-by date

Descendants

* German:

Verb

(dat)

To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)

You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.

* 1801 [1796 January], (William Cobbett), A New Year's Gift'', ''Porcupine's works , footnote, page 430,

I keep to the very words of the letter; but that, by "this State," is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia.

* 1913 [1863], (Marcus Aurelius), , G. Bell and Sons, page 227,

In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.

To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.

To determine the age of something.

To take (someone) on a series of dates.

To have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with.

* 2008 May 15, NEWS.com.au , "Jessica Simpson upset John Mayer dating Jennifer Aniston":

Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.

Of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship.

To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

* (rfdate) (Edward Everett)

The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him

* {{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. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

Usage notes

* To note the time of writing one may say dated at' or ' from a place.

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Anagrams

* ----

bound

English

Alternative forms

* bownd (archaic)

Etymology 1

See bind

Verb

(head)

(bind)

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound , on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}}

''I bound the splint to my leg.

''I had bound the splint with duct tape.

Adjective

(-)

(with infinitive) Obliged (to).

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=5 citation , passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}

(with infinitive) Very likely (to).

* , chapter=5

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}

(linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.

(mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.

(dated) constipated; costive

Antonyms

* free

Derived terms

* bound to * I'll be bound

Etymology 2

From (etyl) bounde, from (etyl) bunne, from

Noun

(en noun)

(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.

Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.

(mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values

Derived terms

* boundary * boundless * harmonic bounding * least upper bound * lower bound * metes and bounds * out of bounds * upper bound * within bounds

Verb

(en verb)

To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

''France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.

''Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.

(mathematics) To be the boundary of.

Derived terms

* unbound * unbounded

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A sizeable jump, great leap.

''The deer crossed the stream in a single bound .

A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

(dated) A bounce; a rebound.

the bound of a ball

(Johnson)

Derived terms

* by leaps and bounds

Verb

(en verb)

To leap, move by jumping.

''The rabbit bounded down the lane.

To cause to leap.

to bound a horse

(Shakespeare)

(dated) To rebound; to bounce.

a rubber ball bounds on the floor

(dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

to bound a ball on the floor

Derived terms

* rebound

Etymology 4

Alteration of boun , with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1, above.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) ready, prepared.

ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

''Which way are you bound ?

''Is that message bound for me?

Derived terms

* -bound * bound for

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