Recommend vs Requested - What's the difference?
recommend | requested |
To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
To advise, propose, counsel favorably
(archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
(request)
Act of (l).
* Shakespeare
A formal (l) requesting something.
of being sought after.
* Sir W. Temple
(obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
* Bible, Psalms cvi. 15
As verbs the difference between recommend and requested
is that recommend is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice while requested is (request).recommend
English
Verb
(en verb)- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- ''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) . SeeSynonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* discourage * disapprove * opposeDerived terms
* recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommenderAnagrams
* English reporting verbsrequested
English
Verb
(head)request
English
Noun
(en noun)- I will marry her, sir, at your request .
- Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now.
- He gave them their request .
