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Endorsed vs Recommend - What's the difference?

endorsed | recommend |

As verbs the difference between endorsed and recommend

is that endorsed is (endorse) while recommend is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

As an adjective endorsed

is (heraldry) flanked by endorses.

endorsed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (endorse)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) Flanked by endorses.
  • Usage notes

    Only a (pale) may be endorsed''. When other ''ordinaries'' are flanked by diminutive forms, the term ''cotissed is used.

    recommend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
  • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
  • To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
  • To advise, propose, counsel favorably
  • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
  • (archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
  • ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * discourage * disapprove * oppose

    Derived terms

    * recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommender