Prompt vs Offered - What's the difference?

prompt | offered |

As verbs the difference between prompt and offered

is that prompt is to lead someone toward what they should say or do while offered is (offer).

As an adjective prompt

is (archaic) ready, willing (to act).

As a noun prompt

is a reminder or cue.

prompt

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

(archaic) Ready, willing (to act).

* 1623 , William Shakespeare, Antony & Cleopatra , III.8:

Tell him, I am prompt To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele.

Quick, acting without delay.

He was very prompt at getting a new job.

On time, punctual.

Be prompt for your appointment.

Derived terms

* promptness

Noun

(en noun)

A reminder or cue.

(business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.

* John Stuart Mill

To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt , which for this article [tea] is three months.

(computing) A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.

I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen but my account wasn't recognized.

(writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.

Verb

(en verb)

To lead someone toward what they should say or do.

I prompted him to get a new job.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The only sour note on a virtually perfect night for England came from shameful 'monkey' chanting aimed at Ashley Cole and Ashley Young from a section of Bulgaria's fans which later prompted an official complaint from the Football Association to Uefa.}}

(theater, and, television) - to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.

If he forgets his words I will prompt him.

Synonyms

* See also

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offered

English

Verb

(head)

(offer)

offer

English

(wikipedia offer)

Alternative forms

* offre (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) offer, from (etyl) . See verb below.

Noun

(en noun)

A proposal that has been made.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}

Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

(label) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.

Derived terms

* make an offer

Etymology 2

From (etyl) offren, offrien, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

*Bible, (w) xxix. 36

*:Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.

(lb) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.

*2009 , Roger Williams, Triumph Tr2, 3, 3a, 4 & 4a

*:The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay.

(lb) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).

(lb) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.

(lb) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.

*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

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(lb) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.

(lb) To happen, to present itself.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:The occasion offers , and the youth complies.

*1749 , (John Cleland), (w) , Penguin 1985, p.64:

*:The opportunity, however, did not offer till next morning, for Phoebe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to sleep.

(lb) To make an attempt; used with at .

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:I will not offer at that I cannot master.

*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)

*:He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:without offering at any other remedy

(lb) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to -infinitive. See

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off

* {{quote-book

, year=2003 , author=James-Jason Gantt , title=Losing Summer , chapter= citation , isbn=t0595297498 9780595297498 , page=146 , passage=Once you finally discover yourself a dismember-er, a de-limber, a fucking head-cutter-offer , the most simple of tasks — enjoying a long walk outside, seeing a movie, conversing with a stranger in the library — all become prized and over-inflated moments of elation.}}

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