Decide vs Fulfill - What's the difference?
decide | fulfill |
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
* Shakespeare
To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
* Bible, 1 Kings xx. 40
To cause someone to come to a decision.
* 1920 , , "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 2005, p. 1537),
(obsolete) To cut off; to separate.
* Fuller
(archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
As verbs the difference between decide and fulfill
is that decide is while fulfill is (archaic) to fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.decide
English
Verb
(decid)- The election will be decided on foreign policies.
- We must decide our next move.
- Her last-minute goal decided the game.
- The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; / Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.
- You must decide between good and evil.
- I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.
- So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
- It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it.
- Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.