Deliver vs Offer - What's the difference?
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To set free.
(label) To do with birth.
# To give birth.
# To assist in the birth of.
# To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
#* Gower
(label) To free from or disburden of anything.
* (Henry Peacham) (1578-c.1644)
To bring or transport something to its destination.
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To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
* Bible, (w) xl. 13
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
To express in words, declare, or utter.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 27, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
, title= To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
To discover; to show.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(label) To admit; to allow to pass.
A proposal that has been made.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
(label) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
(lb) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
*Bible, (w) xxix. 36
*:Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
(lb) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
*2009 , Roger Williams, Triumph Tr2, 3, 3a, 4 & 4a
*:The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay.
(lb) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
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(lb) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
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(lb) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
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, title= (lb) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
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(lb) To happen, to present itself.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:The occasion offers , and the youth complies.
*1749 , (John Cleland), (w) , Penguin 1985, p.64:
*:The opportunity, however, did not offer till next morning, for Phoebe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to sleep.
(lb) To make an attempt; used with at .
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:I will not offer at that I cannot master.
*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
*:He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:without offering at any other remedy
(lb) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
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(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
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In obsolete terms the difference between deliver and offer
is that deliver is to admit; to allow to pass while offer is to make an attempt; used with at.As verbs the difference between deliver and offer
is that deliver is to set free while offer is to present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.As a noun offer is
a proposal that has been made.deliver
English
Alternative forms
* delivre (archaic)Verb
(en verb)- She was delivered safe and soon.
- Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.
- Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.
- The constables have delivered her over.
- The exalted mind / All sense of woe delivers to the wind.
TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992), passage=It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver .}}
- shaking his head and delivering some show of tears
- An uninstructed bowler thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward.
- I'll deliver myself your loyal servant.
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* (to set free) * (to express)Derived terms
* delivery * deliverable * deliver the goodsAnagrams
*offer
English
(wikipedia offer)Alternative forms
* offre (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) offer, from (etyl) . See verb below.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* make an offerEtymology 2
From (etyl) offren, offrien, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to -infinitive. SeeEtymology 3
Noun
(en noun)citation, isbn=t0595297498 9780595297498 , page=146 , passage=Once you finally discover yourself a dismember-er, a de-limber, a fucking head-cutter-offer , the most simple of tasks — enjoying a long walk outside, seeing a movie, conversing with a stranger in the library — all become prized and over-inflated moments of elation.}}