Obligate vs Request - What's the difference?
obligate | request |
(transitive, North America, Scottish) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
(transitive, North America, Scottish) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
(transitive, North America, Scottish) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
(biology) Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.
Absolutely indispensable; essential.
Act of (l).
* Shakespeare
A formal (l) requesting something.
of being sought after.
* Sir W. Temple
(obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
* Bible, Psalms cvi. 15
As verbs the difference between obligate and request
is that obligate is (transitive|north america|scottish) to bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie while request is to express the need or desire for.As an adjective obligate
is (biology) able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.As a noun request is
act of (l).obligate
English
(wikipedia obligate)Verb
(obligat)Usage notes
In non-legal usage, almost exclusively used in the passive, in form “obligated' to X” where ‘X’ is a verb infinitive or noun phrase, as in “'''obligated to pay”. Further, it is now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,''Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)Synonyms
* See also:Derived terms
* obligation * obligatoryReferences
Adjective
(en adjective)- an obligate''' parasite; an '''obligate anaerobe.
request
English
Noun
(en noun)- I will marry her, sir, at your request .
- Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now.
- He gave them their request .