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Oblige vs X - What's the difference?

oblige | x |

As a verb oblige

is .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

oblige

English

Verb

(oblig)
  • To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
    • I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , Tho' he was some time awake before me, yet did he not offer to disturb a repose he had given me so much occasion for; but on my first stirring, which was not till past ten o'clock, I was oblig'd to endure one more trial of his manhood.}}
  • To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
    • He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
  • *
  • To be indebted to someone.
    • I am obliged to you for your recent help.
  • To do a service or favour.
    • The singer obliged with another song.

    Derived terms

    * disoblige

    Usage notes

    "Obliged" has largely replaced "obligate"; the latter being more common in the the 17th through 19th centuries.The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)

    Related terms

    * much obliged * noblesse oblige * obligate * obligation * obligatory * obligee * obligor

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    English control verbs English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----