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Maintain vs Profess - What's the difference?

maintain | profess | Related terms |

Maintain is a related term of profess.


As verbs the difference between maintain and profess

is that maintain is (obsolete|transitive) to support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action while profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive).

Insist vs Profess - What's the difference?

insist | profess | Related terms |

Insist is a related term of profess.


As verbs the difference between insist and profess

is that insist is to hold up a claim emphatically while profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive).

Emphasise vs Profess - What's the difference?

emphasise | profess | Related terms |

Emphasise is a related term of profess.


As verbs the difference between emphasise and profess

is that emphasise is (british) while profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive).

Own vs Profess - What's the difference?

own | profess | Related terms |

Own is a related term of profess.


In lang=en terms the difference between own and profess

is that own is to recognise; acknowledge while profess is to work as a professor of; to teach.

As verbs the difference between own and profess

is that own is (lb) to have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); "to possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to" (ref 1) or own can be (obsolete) to grant; give while profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive).

As an adjective own

is belonging to; possessed; proper to.

Profess vs Certify - What's the difference?

profess | certify | Related terms |

Profess is a related term of certify.


In lang=en terms the difference between profess and certify

is that profess is to work as a professor of; to teach while certify is to attest to as the truth or meeting a standard.

As verbs the difference between profess and certify

is that profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive) while certify is to attest to as the truth or meeting a standard.

Admit vs Profess - What's the difference?

admit | profess | Related terms |

Admit is a related term of profess.


As verbs the difference between admit and profess

is that admit is while profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive).

Say vs Profess - What's the difference?

say | profess | Related terms |

Say is a related term of profess.


As a proper noun say

is .

As a verb profess is

to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive).

Profess vs Tell - What's the difference?

profess | tell |


As verbs the difference between profess and tell

is that profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive) while tell is (lb) to count, reckon, or enumerate.

As a noun tell is

a reflexive, often habitual behavior, (especially) one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold or tell can be (archaeology) a mound, originally in the middle east, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

Aporia vs Profess - What's the difference?

aporia | profess |


As verbs the difference between aporia and profess

is that aporia is while profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive).

Profess vs Represent - What's the difference?

profess | represent | Related terms |

Profess is a related term of represent.


As verbs the difference between profess and represent

is that profess is to administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order (chiefly in passive) while represent is to present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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