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Stipulate vs Decide - What's the difference?

stipulate | decide |

As verbs the difference between stipulate and decide

is that stipulate is to require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement while decide is .

As an adjective stipulate

is (botany) having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

stipulate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(stipulat)
  • To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
  • To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
  • To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
  • Derived terms
    * stipulated * stipulation * stipulative

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
  • Antonyms
    * exstipulate

    decide

    English

    Verb

    (decid)
  • To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
  • The election will be decided on foreign policies.
    We must decide our next move.
    Her last-minute goal decided the game.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; / Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.
  • To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
  • You must decide between good and evil.
    I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.
  • * Bible, 1 Kings xx. 40
  • So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
  • To cause someone to come to a decision.
  • * 1920 , , "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 2005, p. 1537),
  • It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it.
  • (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.
  • * Fuller
  • Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Synonyms

    * make up one's mind * choose * determine * pick