Institute vs Firm - What's the difference?
institute | firm |
An organization founded to promote a cause
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
The building housing such an institution
(obsolete) The act of instituting; institution.
* Milton
(obsolete) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
* Burke
* Dryden
(legal, Scotland) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
To begin or initiate (something); to found.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
* 1776 , (Thomas Jefferson), (Declaration of Independence) :
(obsolete) To train, instruct.
*, II.27:
*:Publius was the first that ever instituted the Souldier to manage his armes by dexteritie and skil, and joyned art unto vertue, not for the use of private contentions, but for the wars and Roman peoples quarrels.
* (rfdate) Dr. H. More
To nominate; to appoint.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
(ecclesiastical, legal) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
(obsolete) Established; organized; founded.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
(UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
(business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
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steadfast, secure, hard (in position)
* It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
fixed (in opinion)
* He was firm that selling his company would a good choice and didn't let anyone talk him out of it.
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solid, rigid (material state)
To make firm or strong; fix securely.
To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
To become firm; stabilise.
To improve after decline.
Aust. To shorten (of betting odds).
As nouns the difference between institute and firm
is that institute is while firm is (uk|business) a business partnership; the name under which it trades.As an adjective firm is
steadfast, secure, hard (in position).As a verb firm is
to make firm or strong; fix securely.institute
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) institut, from (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia institute) (en noun)- I work in a medical research institute .
- water sanctified by Christ's institute
- They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy.
- to make the Stoics' institutes thy own
- (Tomlins)
Derived terms
* educational institute * research institute * academic instituteEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Verb
(institut)- He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
- And haply institute / A course of learning and ingenious studies.
- Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government.
- If children were early instituted , knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself.
- We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France.
- (Blackstone)
Adjective
(-)- They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute , very few to suffice.
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)End of the peer show, passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.
Etymology 2
(etyl) ferme, from (etyl) ferme, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a firm''' believer; a '''firm''' friend; a '''firm adherent
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- firm''' flesh; '''firm''' muscles, '''firm''' wood; '''firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)