Enjoin vs Point_out - What's the difference?
enjoin | point_out | Related terms |
(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
* - Esther 9:31
* Shakespeare
(legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
* Kent
(idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.
(figuratively, idiomatic) To tell, remind, indicate.
Enjoin is a related term of point_out.
As verbs the difference between enjoin and point_out
is that enjoin is (transitive|chiefly|literary) to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge while point_out is (idiomatic) to identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.enjoin
English
Verb
(en verb)- To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them
- I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
- This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.
References
* * *point_out
English
Verb
- He pointed out the little brown bird in the tree.
- She pointed out the two drummers in the class.
- I would just like to point out that we need to finish our meeting by 9 o'clock.