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Enlist vs Eligible - What's the difference?

enlist | eligible |

As a verb enlist

is to enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

As an adjective eligible is

eligible.

enlist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
  • To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
    • The army wants potential soldiers to enlist .
  • To recruit the aid or membership of others.
    • We enlisted fifty new members.
  • To secure, to obtain.
    • They enlisted government's support.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”}}

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    eligible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something.

    • Usage notes

    Used in the phrase (eligible bachelor) to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

    Related terms

    * eligibility * eligibly * elite * choosable * licensed

    Synonyms

    * qualified

    Antonyms

    * ineligible * unqualified

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is eligible.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 3, author=Diane Ravitch, title=Get Congress Out of the Classroom, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Federal agencies report that only about 1 percent of eligible students take advantage of switching schools and fewer than 20 percent of eligibles receive extra tutoring.}}