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Reckon vs Thank - What's the difference?

reckon | thank |

As verbs the difference between reckon and thank

is that reckon is to count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate while thank is to express gratitude or appreciation to someone.

As a noun thank is

(obsolete) an expression of appreciation; a thought.

reckon

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
  • * ...then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain... --Lev. 27:18, King James Version .
    • I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. .
  • To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
  • * He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke 23:37, King James Version
  • * For him I reckon not in high estate. .
  • To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
  • * ...faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Romans 4:9, King James Version.
  • * Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. .
  • To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause;
  • * For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. --Romans 8:18, King James Version.
  • * Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin... --Romans 6:11, King James Version
  • * I reckon he won't try that again.
  • To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
  • To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
  • * Parfay," sayst thou, sometime he reckon shall." .

    • Derived terms

    * reckon for * reckon on, reckon upon * reckon with * reckon without

    Synonyms

    * number * enumerate * compute * calculate * estimate * value * esteem * account * repute

    See also

    * calculate * guess

    References

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    Anagrams

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    thank

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Compare Dutch dank, German Dank.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An expression of appreciation; a thought.
  • * Bible, Luke vi. 33
    • If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
  • * Milton
    • What great thank , then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare Dutch and German danken.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To express gratitude or appreciation to someone.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Chapter 23
    • The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed:
  • * , chapter=4
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
  • Credit or hold something responsible.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
    Related terms
    * thanks * thank you English transitive verbs ----