Press vs Influence - What's the difference?
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(lb) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
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#(lb) A printing machine.
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(lb) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
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(lb) (especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
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An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
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*: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.
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(lb) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
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A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
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*:I have misused the king's press .
(ambitransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight
to compress, squeeze
to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug
to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
(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
(obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble
to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel
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To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
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* Addison
to hasten, urge onward
to urge, beseech, entreat
to lay stress upon, emphasize
(ambitransitive) to throng, crowd
(obsolete) to print
To force into service, particularly into naval service.
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The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
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A person or thing exerting such power or action.
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, title= (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
(obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
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(electricity) Electrostatic induction.
To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
To exert, make use of one's influence.
(obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
Press is a related term of influence.
As verbs the difference between press and influence
is that press is (ambitransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight while influence is .As a noun press
is (lb) a device used to apply pressure to an item.As an adjective influence is
influenced.press
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) ).Noun
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.}}
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.}}
Synonyms
* (storage space) closet, cupboard, wardrobe (British ) * (printing machine) printing pressDerived terms
* alternative press * bench press * fruit press * press cake * press gang * press-mark * press officer * press secretary * shoulder press * trouser pressEtymology 2
(etyl) .Verb
- to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
- She took her son, and press'd
- The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast'' (''Dryden , Illiad, VI. 178.)
- to press cloth with an iron
- to press a hat
- to press a crowd back
- He turns from us;
- Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him
- He would reveal, but dare not.-Sir, be comforted.'' (''Fletcher , Pilgrim, I. 2.)
- The two gentlemen who conducted me to the island were pressed by their private affairs to return in three days.
- to press the Bible on an audience
- He pressed a letter upon me within this hour.
- Be sure to press upon him every motive.
- to press a horse in a race
- God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name.'' (''Winthrop , Hist. New England, II. 35)
- 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.)
- To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed .
Quotations
* (English Citations of "press")Synonyms
* *Derived terms
* press charges * press onSee also
* hot press (baking, laundry) * hot off the press (printing) * press downReferences
*Entry for the imperfect and past participlein Webster's dictionary * *
Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----influence
English
(wikipedia influence)Noun
How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
Katrina G. Claw
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
- God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "influence": cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.Verb
(influenc)- The politician wants to influence the public.
- I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.