Prescribed vs Stipulated - What's the difference?
prescribed | stipulated |
(prescribe)
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
Required as a condition of a contract or agreement.
Specified, promised or guaranteed in an agreement.
(stipulate)
As verbs the difference between prescribed and stipulated
is that prescribed is past tense of prescribe while stipulated is past tense of stipulate.As an adjective stipulated is
required as a condition of a contract or agreement.prescribed
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Verb
(head)prescribe
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Usage notes
* The pronunciation with the stressed first syllable is normally used only when added distinction from (proscribe) is required.Verb
(prescrib)- The doctor prescribed aspirin.
- Prescribe not us our duties.
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.