Exert vs Select - What's the difference?
exert | select |
To put in vigorous action.
To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material.
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, title= Privileged, specially selected.
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* (1800-1859)
*:A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Of high quality; top-notch.
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To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
As verbs the difference between exert and select
is that exert is to put in vigorous action while select is to choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.As an adjective select is
privileged, specially selected.As a noun Select is
a button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.exert
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona, passage=Di Matteo clearly saw Drogba's power as a potential threat to a Barcelona defence stripped of Gerard Pique - but he barely caught sight of goal in a first 45 minutes in which the Catalans exerted their technical superiority.}}
select
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Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(en verb)- He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.
