Prescribe vs Stipulated - What's the difference?
prescribe | stipulated |
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
Required as a condition of a contract or agreement.
Specified, promised or guaranteed in an agreement.
(stipulate)
As verbs the difference between prescribe and stipulated
is that prescribe is to order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient while stipulated is (stipulate).As an adjective stipulated is
required as a condition of a contract or agreement.prescribe
English
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.