Instruct vs Specify - What's the difference?
instruct | specify |
(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
To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
To include in a specification.
To bring about a specific result.
As verbs the difference between instruct and specify
is that instruct is (label) to teach by giving instructions while specify is to state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.As a noun instruct
is (label) instruction.As an adjective instruct
is (label) arranged; furnished; provided.instruct
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* guideAdjective
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