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Enlist vs Participate - What's the difference?

enlist | participate |

In lang=en terms the difference between enlist and participate

is that enlist is to recruit the aid or membership of others while participate is to join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).

As verbs the difference between enlist and participate

is that enlist is to enter on a list; to enroll; to register while participate is to join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).

As an adjective participate is

(obsolete) acting in common; participating.

enlist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
  • To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
  • The army wants potential soldiers to enlist .
  • To recruit the aid or membership of others.
  • We enlisted fifty new members.
  • To secure, to obtain.
  • They enlisted government's support.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”}}

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    participate

    English

    Verb

    (participat)
  • To join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).
  • (obsolete) To share, share in (something).
  • * 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
  • they seldome feed together, lest they might participate one anothers impurity: each has his owne cup [...].
  • (obsolete) To share (something) (with) others; to transfer (something) (to) or (unto) others.
  • * 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , II:
  • Make the Earth [...] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star.

    Adjective

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  • (obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
  • * 1608 , , I. i. 101:
  • And, mutually participate , did minister / Unto the appetite and affection common / Of the whole body.