Impose vs Declare - What's the difference?
impose | declare |
To establish or apply by authority.
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* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
to be an inconvenience
to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
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To practice a trick or deception.
To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
(obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
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To make a declaration.
To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
(cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
To announce something formally or officially.
To affirm or state something emphatically.
To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
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To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
(computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.
In transitive terms the difference between impose and declare
is that impose is to establish or apply by authority while declare is to make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.In intransitive terms the difference between impose and declare
is that impose is to be an inconvenience while declare is to make a declaration.impose
English
Verb
(impos)- Death is the penalty imposed .
- Congress imposed new tariffs.
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
- I don't wish to impose upon you.
- Social relations impose courtesy
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Derived terms
* imposition * superimpose * imposureExternal links
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English
Verb
(declar)- Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
- To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies are exactly smooth.
- He declared him innocent.
- declare bankruptcy
- declare victory
- (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time , 2 April:
- The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
- The counter "i" was declared as an integer.