Supply vs Further - What's the difference?
supply | further |
To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
To furnish or equip with.
To fill up, or keep full.
To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
* 1881 , :
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
* Waller
* Dryden
To act as a substitute.
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
(uncountable) The act of supplying.
(countable) An amount of something supplied.
(in the plural) provisions.
(mostly, in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
* 1906 , Ford Madox Ford, The fifth queen: and how she came to court , page 68:
* 1938 , David Leslie Murray, Commander of the mists :
* 1963 , Johanna Moosdorf, Next door :
* 1988 , ??????? ?????????????? ???????? (Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov), Quiet flows the Don (translated), volume 1, page 96:
To encourage growth.
To support progress or growth of something.
(far); of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.
More, additional.
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That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.}}
(conjunctive) Also; in addition to.
* 1924 , (Aristotle), W. D. Ross (translator), ,
(location) At greater distance in space or time; farther.
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, title= (conjunctive) Moreover; beyond what is already stated.
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In lang=en terms the difference between supply and further
is that supply is to fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of while further is to encourage growth.As verbs the difference between supply and further
is that supply is to provide (something), to make (something) available for use while further is to encourage growth.As adverbs the difference between supply and further
is that supply is supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness while further is .As a noun supply
is (uncountable) the act of supplying.As an adjective further is
(far); of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.supply
English
(wikipedia supply)Alternative forms
* supplelyEtymology 1
From (etyl) souploier, from (etyl) .Verb
- to supply money for the war
- (Prior)
- to supply''' a furnace with fuel; to '''supply soldiers with ammunition
- Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.
- It was objected against him that he had never experienced love. Whereupon he arose, left the society, and made it a point not to return to it until he considered that he had supplied the defect.
- Burning ships the banished sun supply .
- The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply / His absent beams, had lighted up the sky.
- to supply a pulpit
Derived terms
* supplierNoun
(supplies)- supply and demand
- A supply of good drinking water is essential.
- to vote supplies
Derived terms
* supply teacherEtymology 2
Adverb
(en adverb)- His voice was playful and full; his back was bent supply .
- She swayed slightly in the gusts, bent supply to them and seemed at one with the force which Straup found so hostile.
- Grigory hesitantly took her in his arms to kiss her, but she held him off, bent supply backwards and shot a frightened glance at the windows.
- 'They'll see!'
- 'Let them!'
- 'I'd be ashamed—'
External links
* * * English heteronymsfurther
English
Verb
(en verb)- Further the economy.
Derived terms
* *Adjective
(head)citation, page= , passage=This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.
That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.}}
Derived terms
* * * *Adverb
(-)- Further , besides sensible things and Forms he says there are the objects of mathematics, which occupy an intermediate position,.
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. […]”}}
- Further , affiant sayeth naught. (A formal statement ending a deposition or affidavit, immediately preceding the affiant's signature.)
How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
Usage notes
Some usage guides distinguish (farther) and (further), with farther'' referring to distance, and ''further'' referring to degree or time.Grammar Girl: Further Versus Farther]Others, such as the OED, recommend ''farther'' as a comparative form of ''far'' and ''further for use when it is not comparative.[http://www.dailywritingtips.com/farther-further-whats-the-difference/ Daily Writing Tips – Farther, Further: What’s the Difference? However, most authorities consider the two interchangeable in most or all circumstances, and historically they have not been distinguished.
Grammar Girl: Further Versus Farther
