Instructed vs Prescribed - What's the difference?
instructed | prescribed |
(instruct)
(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
(prescribe)
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
As verbs the difference between instructed and prescribed
is that instructed is (instruct) while prescribed is (prescribe).instructed
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Verb
(head)instruct
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(en verb)Synonyms
* guideAdjective
(-)- (Milton)
prescribed
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(head)prescribe
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Usage notes
* The pronunciation with the stressed first syllable is normally used only when added distinction from (proscribe) is required.Verb
(prescrib)- The doctor prescribed aspirin.
- Prescribe not us our duties.
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.