Tackle vs Conduct - What's the difference?
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(nautical) A system of ropes and blocks used to increase the force applied to the free end of the rope.
(fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
(uncountable, informal) By extension, any piece of equipment, particularly gadgetry.
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(sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
(American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
(countable) Any instance in which one person forces another to the ground.
(American football, uncountable) The offensive positions between each guard and end, offensive tackle.
(American football, countable) A person playing that position.
(American football, uncountable) The defensive positions between two ends, defensive tackle.
(American football, countable) A person playing that position.
(slang) A man's genitalia.
to face or deal with attempting to overcome or fight down
(sports) to attempt to take away a ball
(American football) to bring a ball carrier to the ground
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.
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To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
To carry out (something organized)
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As verbs the difference between tackle and conduct
is that tackle is while conduct is (archaic|transitive) to lead, or guide; to escort.As a noun conduct is
the act or method of controlling or directing.tackle
English
Noun
- ... an illuminated license-plate frame bearing his likeness, signature, and yellow number 24. "That there's a real nice piece of tackle . ..."
Derived terms
* grapple tackle * spear tackleVerb
- The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.
conduct
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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