Conduct vs Give - What's the difference?

Conduct is a related term of give.

In lang=en terms the difference between conduct and give

is that conduct is to carry out (something organized) while give is to lead (onto or into).

As nouns the difference between conduct and give

is that conduct is the act or method of controlling or directing while give is (uncountable) the amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

As verbs the difference between conduct and give

is that conduct is (archaic|transitive) to lead, or guide; to escort while give is (may take two objects) to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

conduct

English

Noun

(-)

The act or method of controlling or directing

* 1785 , (William Paley), The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy

There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.

* Ld. Brougham

the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs

Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Conduct of armies is a prince's art. - .

* Robertson

with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct , that his forces were totally routed.

The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

Good conduct''' will be rewarded and likewise poor '''conduct will be punished.

* Macaulay

All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.

* Dryden

What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?

(of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

* Macaulay

the book of Job, in conduct and diction

(obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

* Ben Jonson

I will be your conduct .

* Shakespeare

In my conduct shall your ladies come.

That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

* Shakespeare

although thou hast been conduct of my chame

Synonyms

* (act or method of controlling or directing ) control, guidance, management * (manner of guiding or carrying one's self ): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour, * (plot of a literary work) action, plot, storyline

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To lead, or guide; to escort.

* 1634 , (John Milton),

I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.

To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on.

to conduct the affairs of a kingdom

Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.

(reflexively to conduct oneself ) To behave.

He conducted himself well.

To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

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(music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

* 2006 , Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne

For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted' the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had '''conducted''' the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, ' conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.

To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

To carry out (something organized)

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Synonyms

* (lead or guide) accompany, escort, guide, lead, steer, belead * (direct) direct, lead, manage, oversee, run, supervise, belead * act, behave, carry on * (to serve as a medium for conveying) carry, convey, transmit

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* English heteronyms

give

English

Verb

(may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

# To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

# To make a present or gift of.

# To pledge.

# To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

# To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

# To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway,

# To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.

# To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

#* 1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations

Study gives' strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to '''give''' stiffness, the other suppleness: one ' gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

(may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

To yield slightly when a force is applied.

To collapse under pressure or force.

To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

* 2003 , Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management: Commercializing the IT Function , page 153

who did not have a culture in which 'giving good presentation' and successfully playing the internal political game was the way up.

* 2006 , Christopher Matthew Spencer The Ebay Entrepreneur , page 248

A friendly voice on the phone welcoming prospective new clients is a must. Don't underestimate the importance of giving good "phone".

To lead (onto or into).

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

* Shakespeare

But there the duke was given to understand / That in a gondola were seen together / Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica.

To allow or admit by way of supposition.

* Milton

I give not heaven for lost.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

* Sheridan

I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover.

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

(dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.

* Rowe

It is given me once again to behold my friend.

* Alexander Pope

Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

The soldiers give themselves to plunder.

That boy is given to fits of bad temper.

To become soft or moist.

(Francis Bacon)

To shed tears; to weep.

* Shakespeare

Whose eyes do never give / But through lust and laughter.

To have a misgiving.

* J. Webster

My mind gives ye're reserved / To rob poor market women.

To be going on, to be occurring

Synonyms

* (transfer possession of) donate, pass, transfer * (bend slightly when a force is applied) bend, cede, flex, move, yield * (estimate or predict) estimate, guess, predict * (provide)

Antonyms

* (transfer possession of) get, obtain, receive, take * (bend slightly when a force is applied) not bend/cede/flex/give/move/yield, resist

Derived terms

See also'' given''', '''giver''' ''and'' ' giving * forgive * * give and take * give away * give away the store * give back * give birth * give forth * give head * give in * give it one's all * give it one's best shot * give it up for * given * give off * give one's all * give one's daughter away * give on to * give or take * give out * give over * give pause * give someone a break * give someone a chance * give someone a kiss * give someone grief * give someone the business * give someone the time of day * give something a miss * give something a shot * give something a try * give thanks * give to understand * give up * give way * it is better to give than to receive * something's got to give * what gives? * you only get what you give

Noun

(-)

(uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

This chair doesn't have much give .

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