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Go vs Accompany - What's the difference?

go | accompany |

In transitive terms the difference between go and accompany

is that go is to yield or weigh while accompany is to supplement with; add to.

As verbs the difference between go and accompany

is that go is to move while accompany is to go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.

As a proper noun GO

is abbreviation of Gorontalo|lang=en, a province of Indonesia.

As an abbreviation GO

is abbreviation of lang=en|graphene oxide.

As a noun go

is the act of going.

go

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , a province of Indonesia.
  • , a state of Brazil.

    • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)

    • Anagrams

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    accompany

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
  • * 1804 :
    • The Persian dames, […] / In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march.
  • * 1581 , (Philip Sidney), An Apology of Poetry, or a Defense of Poesy , Book I:
    • They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
  • * 1979 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), The History of England :
    • He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels.
  • To supplement with; add to.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • (senseid)(music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
  • (music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument.
  • (obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
  • * (rfdate) Holland:
    • Men say that they will drive away one another, […] and not accompany together.
  • (obsolete) To cohabit (with).
  • (obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
    • (the obsolete cases)

    Usage notes

    (to go with) Persons are said to be accompanied by', and inanimate objects, state or condition is said to be accompanied ' with .
    Synonyms
    * (go with) attend, escort, go with :* We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station. :* We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination . :* We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect . :*: A gentleman accompanies' a friend to some public place; he '''attends''' or ' escorts a lady.

    Related terms

    * accompaniment