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Returns vs Comes - What's the difference?

returns | comes |

As nouns the difference between returns and comes

is that returns is plural of lang=en while comes is the answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

As verbs the difference between returns and comes

is that returns is third-person singular of return while comes is third-person singular of come.

returns

English

Noun

(head)
  • (pluralonly) Merchandise returned to a retailer or wholesaler by a purchaser.
  • (pluralonly) Unsold merchandise returned to the supplier.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2002
  • , author=Irina Dunn , title=The writer's guide , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=129 , passage=The number of unsold books that booksellers return to publishers (called the rate of returns ) has been averaging between 25 per cent and 35 per cent.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (return)
  • Anagrams

    * turners

    See also

    * many happy returns

    comes

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (come)
  • * intransitive verb '>citation
  • * transitive verb (obsolete) '>citation
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena), a companion.

    Noun

  • (music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
  • (Webster 1913)

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