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Specify vs Enjoin - What's the difference?

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Specify is a related term of enjoin.


As verbs the difference between specify and enjoin

is that specify is to state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition while enjoin is (transitive|chiefly|literary) to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

specify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
  • To include in a specification.
  • To bring about a specific result.
  • enjoin

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • * - Esther 9:31
  • To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them
  • * Shakespeare
  • I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
  • (legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
  • * Kent
  • This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.

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