Depends vs According - What's the difference?
depends | according |
(depend)
To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
* 1982 , Paul Fussell, My War :
To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
To rely on for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; — followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
(senseid)To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; — with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
(obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
* 1604 , (William Shakespeare), Measure for Measure , V.i:
Consistently (as); in a corresponding manner (now generally expressing accordance with two or more alternatives).
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.20:
In accordance, in a manner consistent (to) (something).
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
As verbs the difference between depends and according
is that depends is while according is .As an adjective according is
agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.As an adverb according is
(obsolete) accordingly; correspondingly.depends
English
Verb
(head)depend
English
Verb
(en verb)- The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
- Besides, if you worked up to be a cadet officer, you got to wear a Sam Browne belt, from which depended a nifty saber.
Anagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsaccording
English
Verb
(head)- Mind and soul according well. -
Adjective
(en adjective)- This according voice of national wisdom.
Adverb
(en adverb)- That apprehends no further than this world, / And squarest thy life according .
- Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means.
- there was only a frightening silence, unenlivened even by the invidious enquiries of former years, which culminated, according to its stern nature, in a still more frightening old woman, a figure awaiting her on the very doorstep.