Gether vs Collect - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between gether and collect

is that gether is alternative form of lang=en while collect is to gather together; amass.

As an adjective collect is

to be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

As an adverb collect is

with payment due from the recipient.

As a noun collect is

the prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

gether

English

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete, or, regional)

*{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Frederic Moorman, title=More Tales of the Ridings, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="'Twere back-end o' t' yeer," he continued at last, "an' t' lads had gone into t' woods to gether hesel-nuts an' accorns. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1898, author=John Hartley, title=Yorkshire Lyrics, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=An a taicher wise aw've faand thi, An this lesson gained throo thee; 'At when dangers gether raand me, Th' wisest tactics is to flee. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1881, author=Sarah P. McLean Greene, title=Cape Cod Folks, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=I remember once, we'd had a spell o' weather jest like this, and it begun to gether up in the same way. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1872, author=Edward Eggleston, title=The End Of The World, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=But the silence was broken by Cynthy Ann, who came into the hall and called, "Jule, I wish you would go to the barn and gether the eggs; I want to make some cake." }}

collect

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) collecten, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To gather together; amass.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}

To get; particularly, get from someone.

To accumulate a number of similar or related (objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare (gather), (get).)

* 1992 , (Hilary Mantel), A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, p. 292-3:

the riot is so great that it is very difficult to collect what is being said.

* John Locke

which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected .

To collect payments.

To come together in a group or mass.

To collect objects as a hobby.

To infer; to conclude.

* South

Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons.

Adjective

(-)

To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.

Adverb

(-)

With payment due from the recipient.

I had to call collect .

Derived terms

* call collect * collect one's thoughts * collect one's wits * collect up * collectible * collection * collector * recollect, recollection

Etymology 2

(Wikipedia) From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun) (sometimes capitalized)

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.

External links

* * * 1000 English basic words