Embark vs Establish - What's the difference?
embark | establish |
To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked , which is disquieting and fussy.
To start, begin.
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(label) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
(label) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
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*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
*:It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.
To make stable or firm; to confirm.
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To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
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To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=4 To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
As verbs the difference between embark and establish
is that embark is to get on a boat or ship or (outside the usa) an aeroplane while establish is to make stable or firm; to confirm.embark
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* disembarkDerived terms
* disembarcation * disembarkeeestablish
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(es)- But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
citation, passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}