Entitle vs Obligate - What's the difference?
entitle | obligate |
give a title to
dignify by an honorary designation.
give authority (to do something)
give rightful ownership
give a title to a book, film, play, etc.
(transitive, North America, Scottish) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
(transitive, North America, Scottish) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
(transitive, North America, Scottish) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
(biology) Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.
Absolutely indispensable; essential.
As verbs the difference between entitle and obligate
is that entitle is give a title to while obligate is (transitive|north america|scottish) to bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.As an adjective obligate is
(biology) able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.entitle
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic) * intitle (archaic or nonstandard)Verb
(entitl)Synonyms
* (give a title to a book) name * designate * empower * qualify * enableDerived terms
* entitlementAnagrams
*obligate
English
(wikipedia obligate)Verb
(obligat)Usage notes
In non-legal usage, almost exclusively used in the passive, in form “obligated' to X” where ‘X’ is a verb infinitive or noun phrase, as in “'''obligated to pay”. Further, it is now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,''Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)Synonyms
* See also:Derived terms
* obligation * obligatoryReferences
Adjective
(en adjective)- an obligate''' parasite; an '''obligate anaerobe.
