Rate vs Check - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between rate and check

is that rate is rot (process of something decaying or rotting ) while check is (chess) a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece or check can be (textiles|usually|pluralized) a pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

As a verb check is

to inspect; to examine.

rate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from . (wikipedia rate)

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) The estimated worth of something; value.

* 1599 , William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , V.3:

There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet.

The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.

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Speed.

* Clarendon

Many of the horse could not march at that rate , nor come up soon enough.

The relative speed of change or progress.

The price of (an individual) thing; cost.

A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.

A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.

Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.

(nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.

(obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.

* Spenser

The one right feeble through the evil rate / Of food which in her duress she had found.

(obsolete) Order; arrangement.

* Spenser

Thus sat they all around in seemly rate .

(obsolete) Ratification; approval.

(Chapman)

(horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.

daily rate'''; hourly '''rate ; etc.

Derived terms

* at any rate * exchange rate * flat rate * interest rate * mortality rate * failure rate * rate limiting

Verb

(rat)

To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.

She is rated fourth in the country.

To evaluate or estimate the value of.

They rate his talents highly.

* South

To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.

To consider or regard.

He rated this book brilliant.

To deserve; to be worth.

The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.

* 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 101:

Only two assistant district attorneys rate corner offices, and Mandelbaum wasn't one of them.

To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.

The transformer is rated at 10 watts.

(transitive, chiefly, British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.

(informal) To like; to think highly of.

The customers don't rate the new burgers.

To have position (in a certain class).

She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.

He rates as the best cyclist in the country.

To have value or standing.

This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.

To ratify.

* Chapman

to rate the truce

To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.

Synonyms

* (have position in a certain class) rank

Derived terms

* rating

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(rat)

To berate, scold.

* Shakespeare

Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!

* Barrow

Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John IX:

Then rated they hym, and sayde: Thou arte hys disciple.

* , I.56:

Andronicus'' the Emperour, finding by chance in his pallace certaine principall men very earnestly disputing against ''Lapodius about one of our points of great importance, taunted and rated them very bitterly, and threatened if they gave not over, he would cause them to be cast into the river.

* 1825 , Sir (Walter Scott), , ch.iv:

He beheld him, his head still muffled in the veila man borne down and crushed to the earth by the burden of his inward feelings.

* 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 2, ch.XV, ''Practical — Devotional

The successful monk, on the morrow morning, hastens home to . The successful monk, arriving at Ely, is rated for a goose and an owl; is ordered back to say that (Elmset) was the place meant.

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check

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) eschec, from . All English senses developed from the chess sense.

Noun

(en noun)

(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

An inspection or examination.

I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check .

A control; a limit or stop.

checks and balances

The castle moat should hold the enemy in check .

* Addison

a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK) .

Place a check by the things you have done.

(US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada) .

I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.

(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.

I summoned the waiter, paid the check , and hurried to leave.

A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.

The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.

A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.

* 1963 , American law reports annotated: second series (volume 89)

A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.

A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.

a check''' given for baggage; a return '''check on a railroad

(falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

A small chink or crack.

Synonyms

* (note of monetary transfer) cheque * (indicator mark) tick (UK), checkmark, * (bill of sale) cheque (Canada)

Descendants

* German: * Spanish:

Verb

(en verb)

To inspect; to examine.

Check the oil in your car once a month.

Check whether this page has a watermark.

To mark with a checkmark.

Check the correct answer to each question.

To control, limit, or halt.

Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.

* Burke

so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression

* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13

She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue.

To verify or compare with a source of information.

Check your data against known values.

To leave in safekeeping.

Check your hat and coat at the door.

To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.

Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.

To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.

He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.

That basket doesn't count—you forgot to check !

To physically remove a person from play.

The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck .

(poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.

Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked .

(chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.

To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

* Shakespeare

The good king, his master, will check him for it.

(nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

The sun checks timber.

To make a stop; to pause; with at .

* John Locke

The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after.

(obsolete) To clash or interfere.

(Francis Bacon)

To act as a curb or restraint.

* Dryden

It [his presence] checks too strong upon me.

(falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

* Shakespeare

And like the haggard, check at every feather / That comes before his eye.

Derived terms

* check in * check into * check out * check over * check through * check up

Derived terms

* bad check * bed check * body check * bounce a check * cashier's check * check against * checkbook * check casher * checker * checkers * checkered * checking * checking account * check in * check into * checking account * check is in the mail * check a person out * check it out * checklist * checkmate * checkout * check out * check over * checkup * check up on * check valve * checks and balances * counter check * cross-check * discovered check * double check * double-check * hot check * kite a check * put in check * rain check * reality check * recheck * revealed check * shoulder check * stick check * teller's check * traveler's check * unch * unchecked

Etymology 2

By shortening from checker, from (etyl) scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.

Noun

(en noun)

(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

The tablecloth had red and white check s.

References

* * 'Check' at EtymOnline English terms derived from Persian ----