Press vs Advance - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between press and advance

is that press is to lay stress upon, emphasize while advance is to move forwards, to approach.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between press and advance

is that press is (obsolete) to print while advance is (obsolete) to extol; to laud.

As nouns the difference between press and advance

is that press is (lb) a device used to apply pressure to an item while advance is a forward move; improvement or progression.

As verbs the difference between press and advance

is that press is (ambitransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight while advance is to bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.

As an adjective advance is

completed before need or a milestone event.

press

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) ).

Noun

(lb) A device used to apply pressure to an item.

#(lb) A printing machine.

(lb) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

*, chapter=22

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press , the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington

, title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.}}

(lb) A publisher.

(lb) (especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).

*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.

An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

*1974 , Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding , p.22:

*:This is the fourth set of benchpresses. There will be five more; then there will be five sets of presses on an inclined bench.

An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.

(lb) Pure, unfermented grape juice.

A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I have misused the king's press .

Synonyms

* (storage space) closet, cupboard, wardrobe (British ) * (printing machine) printing press

Derived terms

* alternative press * bench press * fruit press * press cake * press gang * press-mark * press officer * press secretary * shoulder press * trouser press

Etymology 2

(etyl) .

Verb

(ambitransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight

to compress, squeeze

to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice

to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug

She took her son, and press'd

The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast'' (''Dryden , Illiad, VI. 178.)

to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth

to press cloth with an iron

to press a hat

(sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.

to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction

to press a crowd back

(obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble

He turns from us;

Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him

He would reveal, but dare not.-Sir, be comforted.'' (''Fletcher , Pilgrim, I. 2.)

to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel

The two gentlemen who conducted me to the island were pressed by their private affairs to return in three days.

To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.

to press the Bible on an audience

* Dryden

He pressed a letter upon me within this hour.

* Addison

Be sure to press upon him every motive.

to hasten, urge onward

to press a horse in a race

to urge, beseech, entreat

God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name.'' (''Winthrop , Hist. New England, II. 35)

to lay stress upon, emphasize

If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what not.'' (''M. Arnold , Literature and Dogma, Pref.)

(ambitransitive) to throng, crowd

(obsolete) to print

To force into service, particularly into naval service.

* Dryden

To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed .

Quotations

* (English Citations of "press")

Synonyms

* *

Derived terms

* press charges * press on

References

* Entry for the imperfect and past participle in Webster's dictionary * *

Anagrams

* 1000 English basic words ----

advance

English

Alternative forms

* advaunce

Verb

(advanc)

To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.

(obsolete) To raise; to elevate.

They advanced their eyelids. — Shakespeare

To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

* Bible, Esther iii. 1

Ahasueres advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes.

* Prescott

This, however, was in time evaded by the monarchs, who advanced certain of their own retainers to a level with the ancient peers of the land

To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.

to advance the ripening of fruit

to advance one's interests

To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.

to advance an argument

* Alexander Pope

Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own.

To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.

Merchants often advance money on a contract or on goods consigned to them.

To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.

to advance the price of goods

To move forwards, to approach.

He rose from his chair and advanced to greet me.

(obsolete) To extol; to laud.

* Spenser

greatly advancing his gay chivalry

Synonyms

* raise, elevate, exalt, aggrandize, improve, heighten, accelerate, allege, adduce, assign

Derived terms

* advancement * in advance * in advance of

Noun

(en noun)

A forward move; improvement or progression.

an advance in health or knowledge

an advance in rank or office

An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.

* Jay

I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances .

* Kent

The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.

An addition to the price; rise in price or value.

an advance on the prime cost of goods

(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.

* Jonathan Swift

[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , chapter 4:

As the sun fell, so did our spirits. I had tried to make advances to the girl again; but she would have none of me, and so I was not only thirsty but otherwise sad and downhearted.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Completed before need or a milestone event.

He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith.

Preceding.

The advance man came a month before the candidate.

Forward.

The scouts found a site for an advance base.

Derived terms

* advance person

Press vs Advance - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between press and advance

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between press and advance

As nouns the difference between press and advance

As verbs the difference between press and advance

As an adjective advance is

press

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Quotations

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Derived terms

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advance

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