Endorse vs Comply - What's the difference?
endorse | comply |
To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
To give an endorsement.
(heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
English words prefixed with en-
To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* (John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
* 1664? , , (Hudibras)
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(label) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
* 1599 , , II. ii. 371:
(label) To fulfill; to accomplish.
(label) To enfold; to embrace.
* (1591-1674)
As verbs the difference between endorse and comply
is that endorse is to support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature while comply is to yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform.As a noun endorse
is (heraldiccharge) a diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.endorse
English
(Endorsement)Alternative forms
* indorseVerb
Derived terms
* disendorse * endorsementNoun
(en noun)Usage notes
When a narrow, vertical stripe appears in a coat of arms, it is usually termed a (pallet) when used as the primary charge in the absence of a pale''. The term ''endorse'' is typically used only when the stripes flank a central and wider ''pale''. Diminutive stripes flanking other ''ordinaries are termed (term).References
comply
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply , / Scandalous or forbidden in our law.
- They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images.
- He that complies against his will / Is of his own opinion still.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied .}}
- Let me comply with you in this / garb, lest my extent to the players, which I tell you must / show fairly outwards, should more appear like entertainment / than yours.
- (Chapman)
- Seemed to comply , / Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.