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Instruct vs Connote - What's the difference?

instruct | connote |

As verbs the difference between instruct and connote

is that instruct is (label) to teach by giving instructions while connote is .

As a noun instruct

is (label) instruction.

As an adjective instruct

is (label) arranged; furnished; provided.

instruct

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) to teach by giving instructions
  • (label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")

    • Synonyms

    * guide

    Related terms

    * instruction * instructor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) instruction

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) arranged; furnished; provided
  • * Chapman
  • (label) instructed; taught; enlightened
    • (Milton)

    connote

    English

    Verb

    (connot)
  • To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
    • Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
  • To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
    • Poverty connotes hunger.
  • To express without overt reference; to imply.
  • To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

    • Synonyms

    * (possess an inseparable condition) entail, imply * (express without overt reference) entail, imply * (require as a logical predicate) predicate

    Related terms

    * connotation * connotative * connotatively * connotive

    See also

    * denote

    Anagrams

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