Tolerate vs Convey - What's the difference?
tolerate | convey | Related terms |
To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
To transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.
* Shakespeare
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
* John Locke
(legal) To transfer legal rights (to).
* Spenser
(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
Tolerate is a related term of convey.
As verbs the difference between tolerate and convey
is that tolerate is to allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference while convey is to transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.tolerate
English
Verb
(tolerat)- I like the way he plays the guitar, but I can't tolerate his voice when he sings.
- I can tolerate working on Saturdays, but not on Sundays.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* allow, bear, , endure, live with, put up withExternal links
* * * ----convey
English
Verb
(en verb)- Convey me to my bed, then to my grave.
- Air conveys''' sound; words '''convey ideas.
- to convey''' an impression; to '''convey information
- Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts.
- He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.
- The Earl of Desmond secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust.
- I will convey the business as I shall find means.