Send vs Present - What's the difference?

send | present |

As nouns the difference between send and present

is that send is sin while present is present tense.

As an adjective present is

present (that what''/''which is in the place talked about ).

send

English

Verb

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

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}

(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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Alternative forms
* (archaic or pedantic) *
Etymology 1
(wikipedia present) From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) praesent-, praesens present participle of .
Adjective
(-)
Relating to now, for the time being; current.

The barbaric practice continues to the present day.

* , chapter=12
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}

Located in the immediate vicinity.

(obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.

*, II.5.1.v:

Amongst this number of cordials and alteratives I do not find a more present remedy than a cup of wine or strong drink, if it be soberly and opportunely used.

(obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.

* Shakespeare

a present pardon

* Massinger

An ambassadordesires a present audience.

(dated) Ready; quick in emergency.

a present wit

(obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.

* Dryden

to find a god so present to my prayer

Antonyms
* (in vicinity) absent
Derived terms
* all present and correct * at present * at the present time * present company excepted * presently * present participle * present tense
Related terms
* presence
Noun
(en noun)
The current moment or period of time.

The present tense.

Derived terms
* no time like the present * present-day
Etymology 2
From (etyl) presenten'', from (etyl) ''presenter'', from (etyl) ''presentare'' "to show", from (etyl) ''praesent-, praesens'' present participle of ''praeesse "to be in front of".
Noun
(en noun)
A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.

* , chapter=7
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present , that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”}}
(military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.

Verb
(en verb)
To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.

to present an envoy to the king

To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.

To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.

* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 71:

In the diocese of Gloucester in 1548 two inhabitants of Slimbridge were presented for saying that holy oil was ‘of no virtue but meet to grease sheep’.

(reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.

* Bible, Job i. 6

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the lord.

To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.

* Alexander Pope

So ladies in romance assist their knight, / Present the spear, and arm him for the fight.

To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.

* 1927 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes :

I do begin to realize that the matter must be presented in such a way as may interest the reader.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented' to citizens affects what they choose, society should ' present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
To put on, stage (a play etc.).

The theater is proud to present the Fearless Fliers.

(military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.

(reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.

Well, one idea does present itself.

(medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.

(medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.

The patient presented with insomnia.

To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).

Anne Robinson presents "The Weakest Link".

To give a gift or presentation to (someone).

She was presented with an honorary degree for her services to entertainment.

To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.

* Cowper

My last, least offering, I present thee now.

To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.

I presented my compliments to Lady Featherstoneshaw.

To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.

Derived terms
* present arms
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