Give vs Send - What's the difference?

Send is a synonym of give.

In intransitive terms the difference between give and send

is that give is to lead (onto or into) while send is to dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.

In transitive terms the difference between give and send

is that give is to provide, as, a service or a broadcast while send is to make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.

As verbs the difference between give and send

is that give is to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere while send is to make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.

As nouns the difference between give and send

is that give is the amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it while send is an operation in which data is transmitted.

give

English

Verb

(may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

# To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

# To make a present or gift of.

# To pledge.

# To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

# To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

# To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

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# To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.

# To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

#* 1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations

Study gives' strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to '''give''' stiffness, the other suppleness: one ' gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

(may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

To yield slightly when a force is applied.

To collapse under pressure or force.

To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

* 2003 , Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management: Commercializing the IT Function , page 153

who did not have a culture in which 'giving good presentation' and successfully playing the internal political game was the way up.

* 2006 , Christopher Matthew Spencer The Ebay Entrepreneur , page 248

A friendly voice on the phone welcoming prospective new clients is a must. Don't underestimate the importance of giving good "phone".

To lead (onto or into).

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

* Shakespeare

But there the duke was given to understand / That in a gondola were seen together / Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica.

To allow or admit by way of supposition.

* Milton

I give not heaven for lost.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

* Sheridan

I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover.

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

(dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.

* Rowe

It is given me once again to behold my friend.

* Alexander Pope

Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

The soldiers give themselves to plunder.

That boy is given to fits of bad temper.

To become soft or moist.

(Francis Bacon)

To shed tears; to weep.

* Shakespeare

Whose eyes do never give / But through lust and laughter.

To have a misgiving.

* J. Webster

My mind gives ye're reserved / To rob poor market women.

To be going on, to be occurring

Synonyms

* (transfer possession of) donate, pass, transfer * (bend slightly when a force is applied) bend, cede, flex, move, yield * (estimate or predict) estimate, guess, predict * (provide)

Antonyms

* (transfer possession of) get, obtain, receive, take * (bend slightly when a force is applied) not bend/cede/flex/give/move/yield, resist

Derived terms

See also'' given''', '''giver''' ''and'' ' giving * forgive * * give and take * give away * give away the store * give back * give birth * give forth * give head * give in * give it one's all * give it one's best shot * give it up for * given * give off * give one's all * give one's daughter away * give on to * give or take * give out * give over * give pause * give someone a break * give someone a chance * give someone a kiss * give someone grief * give someone the business * give someone the time of day * give something a miss * give something a shot * give something a try * give thanks * give to understand * give up * give way * it is better to give than to receive * something's got to give * what gives? * you only get what you give

Noun

(-)

(uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

This chair doesn't have much give .

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send

English

Verb

To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.

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(slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).

* 1947 , (Robertson Davies), (The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks) , Clarke, Irwin & Co., page 183,

The train had an excellent whistle which sent' me, just as Sinatra ' sends the bobby-sockers.

* 1957', (Sam Cooke), ,

Darling you send' me / I know you ' send me

* 1991 , , "(Set Adrift on Memory Bliss)",

Baby you send me.

To bring to a certain condition

* 1913 , ,

“I suppose,” blurted Clara suddenly, “she wants a man.”

The other two were silent for a few moments.

“But it’s the loneliness sends her cracked,” said Paul.

To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.

* Bible, 2 Kings vi. 32

See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?

To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.

* Shakespeare

God send him well!

* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 20

The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.

* Sir Walter Scott

God send your mission may bring back peace.

(nautical) To pitch.

* Totten

The ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.

Synonyms

* (make something go somewhere) emit, broadcast, mail

Derived terms

* besend * downsend * foresend * forsend * forthsend * insend * missend * offsend * onsend * outsend * oversend * send a message * send around * send away * send back * send down * send for * send in * send off/send-off * send on * send out * send someone packing * send someone to the showers * send to Coventry * send up/send-up * upsend

Noun

(en noun)
(telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.

sends and receives

(nautical)

The send of the sea. — Longfellow.

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