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Opt vs Elect - What's the difference?

opt | elect |

As verbs the difference between opt and elect

is that opt is to choose; to select while elect is to choose or make a decision (to do something.

As an initialism oPt

is initialism of occupied Palestinian territories|lang=en.

As a noun elect is

one chosen or set apart.

As an adjective elect is

who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

opt

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To choose; to select.
    • He opted not to go.
    She opted for the salad rather than the steak.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.}}

    Derived terms

    * opt in * opt out * co-opt

    Related terms

    * option * optional

    Anagrams

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    elect

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • One chosen or set apart.
  • (uncountable, theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
  • * Bible, Isaiah xlii. 1
    • Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect , in whom my soul delighteth.
  • * Bible, Luke xviii. 7
    • Shall not God avenge his won elect ?

    Antonyms

    * reprobate

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To choose or make a decision (to do something)
  • To choose (a candidate) in an election

    • Related terms

    * election * elective * elite * select * selection * selective

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (used only after the noun) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
    • He is the President-elect .
  • * 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 16
    • She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect .
  • Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
  • * Spenser
    • colours quaint elect
  • * Bible, 1 Timothy v. 21
    • the elect angels

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