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Recommend vs Beteach - What's the difference?

recommend | beteach |

As verbs the difference between recommend and beteach

is that recommend is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice while beteach is to show; point out.

recommend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
    • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
  • To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
  • To advise, propose, counsel favorably
    • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
  • (archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
    • ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * discourage * disapprove * oppose

    Derived terms

    * recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommender

    Related terms

    * recommendation

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs

    beteach

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To show; point out.
  • (obsolete) To give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
  • (obsolete) To hand over as a trust; intrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.
  • *1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book VI:
  • *:So he toke his horse and betaughte hem all to God [...].
  • (obsolete) To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).
    • to beteach one good day
  • (obsolete) To allot; assign.
  • (obsolete) To teach; instruct.