Insisted vs Requested - What's the difference?
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As verbs the difference between insisted and requested is that insisted is ( insist) while requested is ( request).
insisted English
Verb
(head)
(insist)
Anagrams
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insist English
Alternative forms
* ensist
Verb
( en verb)
To hold up a claim emphatically.
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To demand continually that something happen or be done.
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To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
* 1709 , Venturus Mandey, Synopsis Mathematica Universalis
- Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.
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requested English
Verb
(head)
(request)
request English
Noun
( en noun)
Act of (l).
* Shakespeare
- I will marry her, sir, at your request .
A formal (l) requesting something.
of being sought after.
* Sir W. Temple
- Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now.
(obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
* Bible, Psalms cvi. 15
- He gave them their request .
Synonyms
* (act of requesting) asking, beseech, prayer, wish
* (formal message requesting something) petition, postulation
* (state of being sought after) demand
Derived terms
* discovery request
* request for admission
* request for production
Verb
( en verb)
to express the need or desire for
to ask somebody to do something
Synonyms
* (to express the need or desire for ): indicate, pray, wish
* (to ask somebody to do something ): ask, bespeak, call for
Related terms
* require
* requirement
* requisite
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