Enlist vs Claim - What's the difference?
enlist | claim |
To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
To recruit the aid or membership of others.
To secure, to obtain.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
To demand ownership of.
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
* John Locke
To proclaim.
To call or name.
As a verb enlist
is to enter on a list; to enroll; to register.As a noun claim is
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Verb
(en verb)- The army wants potential soldiers to enlist .
- We enlisted fifty new members.
- They enlisted government's support.
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Anagrams
* * * * *claim
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Alternative forms
* claym (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. SeeVerb
(en verb)- We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
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