Rate vs Record - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between rate and record

is that rate is rot (process of something decaying or rotting ) while record is record.

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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record

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from recorder. See .

Noun

(en noun)

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

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The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.

The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.

Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

We have no record of you making this payment to us.

A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.

I still like records better than CDs.

(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.

The heat and humidity were both new records .

The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.

Synonyms

* log * (information put into a lasting physical medium) * (vinyl disk) disc/disk * (most extreme known value)

Derived terms

* activation record * for the record * of record * on record * off the record * on the record * record-breaking * public record * world record

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To make a record of information.

I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.

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Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of.

Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.

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(legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.

When the deed was recorded , we officially owned the house.

To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.

(ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.

(Shakespeare)

* W. Browne

whether the birds or she recorded best

* Fairfax

They longed to see the day, to hear the lark / Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.

(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

* Fuller

Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.

Derived terms

* recordable * recorder * recording

Antonyms

* (make a record of information) erase * (make an audio or video recording of) erase