Deliver vs Represent - What's the difference?
deliver | represent |
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.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10
, passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered .}}
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.
*
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, 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.
To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
To portray by pictorial or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between deliver and represent
is that deliver is to set free while represent is to present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.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
*represent
English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(en verb)- He represented that he was investigating for the police department.