Instruct vs Decree - What's the difference?
instruct | decree |
(label) to teach by giving instructions
(label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
(label) arranged; furnished; provided
* Chapman
(label) instructed; taught; enlightened
An edict or law.
* Bible, Luke ii. 1
* Shakespeare
(legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
(legal) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
To command by a decree.
* Bible, Job xxii. 28
As verbs the difference between instruct and decree
is that instruct is (label) to teach by giving instructions while decree is to command by a decree.As nouns the difference between instruct and decree
is that instruct is (label) instruction while decree is an edict or law.As an adjective instruct
is (label) arranged; furnished; provided.instruct
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Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* guideAdjective
(-)- (Milton)
decree
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Noun
(en noun)- There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
- Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree ?
Usage notes
* It is accurate to use the word judgment' for a decision of a '''court of law''', and '''decree''' from a ' court of equity , although the former term now includes both.Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Verb
(d)- A court decrees a restoration of property.
- Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.