Have vs Give - What's the difference?

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As an adjective have

is gaunt; pale and thin.

As a verb give is

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

As a noun give is

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

have

English

Verb

: Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast 'and second-person singular past tense''' hadst''' or ' haddest .

To possess, own, hold.

I have a house and a car.

Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!

To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).

I have two sisters.

The dog down the street has a lax owner.

To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.

I have breakfast at six o'clock.

Can I have a look at that?

I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.

Used in forming the and the past perfect aspect.

I have already eaten today.

I had already eaten.

must.

I have to go.

Note: there's a separate entry for have to .

To give birth to.

The couple always wanted to have children.

My wife is having the baby right now!

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

He's always bragging about how many women he's had .

To accept as a romantic partner.

Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.

(transitive with bare infinitive ) To cause to, by a command or request.

They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement ) To cause to be.

He had him arrested for trespassing.

The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.

(transitive with bare infinitive ) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.

I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement ) To depict as being.

Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.

Anton Rogan, 8, was one of the runners-up in the Tick Tock Box short story competition, not Anton Rogers as we had it.'' — ''The Guardian .

Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below)

We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we ?

Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she ?

(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he ?

(British, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.

I could have him!

I'm gonna have you!

(Irish) To be able to speak a language.

I have no German .

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.

To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative

He had a cold last week.

We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.

To trick, to deceive

You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.

(often with present participle) To allow

* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2

"You're a very naughty boy. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times. I won't have you chasing the geese!"

Usage notes

Interrogative auxiliary verb have ...?' (''third-person singular'' '''has ...?''', ''third-person singular negative'' '''hasn't ...?''' ''or'' '''has ... not?''', ''negative for all other persons, singular and plural'' '''haven't ...?''' ''or'' '''have ... not? ); ''in each case, the ellipsis stands for a pronoun * Used with a following pronoun to form tag questions after statements that use "have" to form the perfect tense or (in UK usage) that use "have" in the present tense. *: “We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we ?” *: “Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she ?” *: “I'd bet that student hasn't studied yet, have they ?” *: “You've known all along, haven't you ?” *: “The sun has already set, has it not ?” *: (UK usage'') “He has some money, hasn't he ?” (''see usage notes below ) * This construction forms a tag that converts a present perfect tense sentence into a question. The tag always uses an object pronoun substituting for the subject. Negative sentences use has'' or ''have'', distinguished by number. Affirmative sentences use the same followed by ''not'', or alternatively, more commonly, and less formally, ''hasn't'' or ''haven't . (See ). * In American usage, this construction does not apply to present tense sentences with has'' or ''have , or their negations, as a verb; it does not apply either to the construction "have got". In those cases, use "does" or its negation instead. For example: "He has some money, doesn't he?" and "I have got enough time, don't I?" These constructions with "do", "does", "don't" or "doesn't" are considered incorrect in UK usage.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "have")

Derived terms

* -'ve * be had * have a ball * have a cow * have at you * have it in for * have it off * have had enough * have had it * have nots * have someone on * have to * haves

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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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