Encounter vs Address - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between encounter and address

is that encounter is to confront (someone or something) face to face while address is to address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.

encounter

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * incounter (archaic) * incountre (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)

To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.

To confront (someone or something) face to face.

(ambitransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.

Three armies encountered at Waterloo.

* Shakespeare

I will encounter with Andronicus.

Noun

(en noun)

An unplanned or unexpected meeting.

*:That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.

A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.

A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.

(label) A match between two opposing sides.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal , passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter .}}

Synonyms

* (unplanned meeting ): * (hostile meeting ): clash, confrontation, brush, skirmish

Derived terms

* close encounter * encounter group

address

English

(wikipedia address)

Noun

(es)

Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

Act of addressing oneself to a person; a discourse or speech.

* 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , VII:

Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer.

Manner of speaking to another; delivery.

Attention in the way one addresses a lady.

Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

* 1813 , "Customs, Manners, and present Appearance of Constantinople", The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1812 , p. 179 (Google preview):

At their turning-lathes, they employ their toes to guide the chisel; and, in these pedipulations, shew to Europeans a diverting degree of address .

(obsolete) Act of preparing oneself.

A description of the location of a property.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}

(by extension) The property itself.

(computing) A location in computer memory.

(Internet) An Internet address; URL.

Derived terms

* subaddress, subaddressing

Synonyms

* adroitness * discourse * harangue * ingenuity * lecture * oration * petition * readiness * speech * tact

Verb

(obsolete) To prepare oneself.

* (rfdate), (William Shakespeare)

Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.

(obsolete) To speech.

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest .

(obsolete) To aim; to .

* (rfdate), (Edmund Spenser)

And this good knight his way with me addrest .

(obsolete) To prepare or make ready.

* (rfdate), (Edmund Spenser)

His foe was soon addressed .

* (rfdate), (John Dryden)

Turnus addressed his men to single fight.

* (rfdate), (Jeremy Taylor)

The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.

(reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

* (rfdate) (Thomas Babington Macaulay)

These men addressed themselves to the task.

* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby Dick) ,

[...] good heavens! dumplings for supper! One young fellow in a green box coat, addressed himself to these dumplings in a most direful manner.

(archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.

* (rfdate) Jewel

Tecla ... addressed herself in man's apparel.

To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).

* (rfdate) (John Dryden)

''The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance.

To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)

Are not your orders to address the senate?

* (rfdate) (Jonathan Swift)

The representatives of the nation addressed the king.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

, volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.

To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.

To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.

To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03

, author=Lee A. Groat, volume=100, issue=2, page=128, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Gemstones , passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}

(formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 19, author=Josh Halliday, work=The Guardian

, title= Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , passage="By all means we want people to use social media, but we do not want you to use it in ways that will incite violence," said Jonathan Toy, Southwark council's head of community safety. "This remains a big issue for us and without some form of censorship purely focusing on [violent videos], I'm not sure how we can address it."}}

(computing) To refer a location in computer memory.

(golf) To get ready to hit the ball on the tee.

Usage notes

* The intransitive uses can be understood as omission of the reflexive pronoun.