Steer vs Conduct - What's the difference?
steer | conduct | Synonyms |
The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
* 1913 , (Willa Cather),
(informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
* Tennyson
To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
* Milton
To direct a group of animals.
To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
To direct a conversation.
To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
The act or method of controlling or directing
* 1785 , (William Paley), The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
* Ld. Brougham
Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
* Robertson
The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
* Macaulay
* Dryden
(of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
* Macaulay
(obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
* Ben Jonson
* Shakespeare
That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To lead, or guide; to escort.
* 1634 , (John Milton),
To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on.
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(reflexively to conduct oneself ) To behave.
To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
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(music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
* 2006 , Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne
To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
To carry out (something organized)
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Conduct is a synonym of steer.
In transitive terms the difference between steer and conduct
is that steer is to direct a conversation while conduct is to carry out (something organized.In intransitive terms the difference between steer and conduct
is that steer is to be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm while conduct is to act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.In obsolete terms the difference between steer and conduct
is that steer is a helmsman; a pilot while conduct is convoy; escort; guard; guide.steer
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He counted the cattle over and over. It diverted him to speculate as to how much weight each of the steers would probably put on by spring.
Synonyms
* oxHypernyms
* cattleCoordinate terms
* bull, calf, cowEtymology 2
From (etyl) stieran.Noun
(en noun)- I tried to give you the steer , but I guess I didn't get it over. Everybody knew it but you.'' (Mark Hellinger, 1939, ''The Roaring Twenties )
Verb
(en verb)- When planning the boat trip we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer .
- No helmsman steers .
- I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
- I steered my steps homeward.
- The boat steers easily.
- Where the wind / Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers , and shifts her sail.
- Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.
See also
* steering wheel * torque steerAnagrams
* English ergative verbsconduct
English
Noun
(-)- There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.
- the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs
- Conduct of armies is a prince's art. - .
- with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct , that his forces were totally routed.
- Good conduct''' will be rewarded and likewise poor '''conduct will be punished.
- All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.
- What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
- the book of Job, in conduct and diction
- I will be your conduct .
- In my conduct shall your ladies come.
- although thou hast been conduct of my chame
Synonyms
* (act or method of controlling or directing ) control, guidance, management * (manner of guiding or carrying one's self ): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour, * (plot of a literary work) action, plot, storylineVerb
(en verb)- I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
- to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
- Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
- He conducted himself well.
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- For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted' the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had '''conducted''' the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, ' conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.
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