Willing vs Yield - What's the difference?
willing | yield |
Ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.
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(obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
* Shakespeare:
* Gareth and Lynette, Tennyson :
* Shakespeare:
* Beaumont and Fletcher:
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
* Milton:
* Bible, Job 24.5:
To give way; to allow another to pass first.
To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
* Shakespeare:
* Milton:
To give way; to succumb to a force.
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), chapter 21:
To produce as return, as from an investment.
(mathematics) To produce as a result.
(engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
(rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
* Milton:
(obsolete) Payment; tribute.
A product; the quantity of something produced.
(legal) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
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As nouns the difference between willing and yield
is that willing is (rare|or|obsolete) the execution of a will while yield is (obsolete) payment; tribute.As verbs the difference between willing and yield
is that willing is while yield is (obsolete) to pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.As an adjective willing
is ready to do something that is not (can't be expected as) a matter of course.willing
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Adjective
(en adjective)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
Synonyms
* agreeable, agreeing, consenting, voluntaryDerived terms
* willing horseVerb
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* *yield
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) yielden, .Verb
- God 'ild [yield] you!
- The good mother holds me still a child! Good mother is bad mother unto me! A worse were better; yet no worse would I. Heaven yield her for it!
- Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't.
- God yield thee, and God thank ye.
- Vines yield nectar.
- The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
- Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
- They refuse to yield to the enemy.
- I'll make him yield the crown.
- Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
- He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield . We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.
- Historically, that security yields a high return.
- Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
- I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.
Synonyms
* submit - To fully surrender * capitulate - To end all resistance, may imply a compensation with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope * succumb - To fully surrender, because of helplessness and extreme weakness, to the leader of an opposing force * relent - A yielding because of pity or mercy * defer - A voluntary submitting out of respect, reverence or affection * give way - To succumb to persistent persuasion. * surrender - To give up into the power, control, or possession of another * cede - To give up, give way, give away * give up - To surrender * produce - To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc. * bear - To produce something, such as fruit or crops * supply - To provide (something), to make (something) available for useEtymology 2
From (etyl) , Icelandic gjald. See also (l).Noun
(en noun)The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}