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Dedicate vs Destine - What's the difference?

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Dedicate is a related term of destine.


As verbs the difference between dedicate and destine

is that dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate while destine is .

As an adjective dedicate

is (obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

dedicate

English

Verb

(dedicat)
  • To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
  • To set apart for a special use
  • dedicated their money to scientific research.
  • To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
  • dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
  • To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
  • To open (a building, for example) to public use.
  • To show to the public for the first time
  • dedicate a monument.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Dedicate to nothing temporal.
  • * (George Henry Calvert)
  • His life is dedicate to worthiness.
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    destine

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To preordain
  • To assign something (especially finance) for a particular use
  • To have a particular destination
  • Anagrams

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