Determine vs Depends - What's the difference?
determine | depends |
As verbs the difference between determine and depends is that determine is while depends is .
determine English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)
Verb
( determin)
To set the limits of.
* Bible, Acts xvii. 26
- [God] hath determined the times before appointed.
* Francis Bacon
- The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.
To ascertain definitely; to figure out.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
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To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
* J. Edwards
- The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
* W. Black
- something divinely beautiful that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life
To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to .
- Someone else's will determined me to this course.
To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- The court has determined the cause.
To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
(logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
(obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
* Shakespeare
- Now, where is he that will not stay so long / Till his friend sickness hath determined me?
Derived terms
{{der3, determinant
, determination
, determiner
, determinism
, determinist
, overdetermine
, underdetermine}}
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depends English
Verb
(head)
(depend)
depend English
Verb
( en verb)
To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
- 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.
* 1982 , Paul Fussell, My War :
- Besides, if you worked up to be a cadet officer, you got to wear a Sam Browne belt, from which depended a nifty saber.
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.
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