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Non vs Exempt - What's the difference?

non | exempt |

As nouns the difference between non and exempt

is that non is three o'clock in the afternoon while exempt is one who has been released from something.

As an adjective exempt is

free from a duty or obligation.

As a verb exempt is

to grant (someone) freedom or immunity (from).

non

English

Adverb

(-)
    • ----

    exempt

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Free from a duty or obligation.
    • In their country all women are exempt from military service.
    His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.
  • * Dryden
    • 'Tis laid on all, not any one exempt .
  • (of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
  • (obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
  • * Shakespeare
    • corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry
  • (obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
    • (Chapman)

    Derived terms

    * tax-exempt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has been released from something.
  • (historical) A type of French police officer.
  • * 1840 , (William Makepeace Thackeray), ‘Cartouche’, The Paris Sketch Book :
    • with this he slipped through the exempts quite unsuspected, and bade adieu to the Lazarists and his honest father […].
  • (UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grant (someone) freedom or immunity (from).

    • Related terms

    * exemption