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Yield vs Claim - What's the difference?

yield | claim |

In intransitive terms the difference between yield and claim

is that yield is to give way; to succumb to a force while claim is to be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.

In lang=en terms the difference between yield and claim

is that yield is the current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond while claim is to demand compensation or damages through the courts.

As verbs the difference between yield and claim

is that yield is to pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite while claim is to demand ownership of.

As nouns the difference between yield and claim

is that yield is payment; tribute while claim is a demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).

yield

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) yielden, .

Verb

  • (obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
  • * Shakespeare:
  • God 'ild [yield] you!
  • * Gareth and Lynette, Tennyson :
  • 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!
  • * Shakespeare:
  • Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher:
  • God yield thee, and God thank ye.
  • To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
  • * Milton:
  • Vines yield nectar.
  • * Bible, Job 24.5:
  • The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
  • To give way; to allow another to pass first.
  • Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
  • To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
  • They refuse to yield to the enemy.
  • * Shakespeare:
  • I'll make him yield the crown.
  • * Milton:
  • Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
  • To give way; to succumb to a force.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), chapter 21:
  • 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.
  • To produce as return, as from an investment.
  • Historically, that security yields a high return.
  • (mathematics) To produce as a result.
  • Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
  • (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:
  • 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 use

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , Icelandic gjald. See also (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= 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.}}
    Derived terms
    * overyielding * yielder * sustained yield * yield-to-maturity * yield curve
    Synonyms
    * harvest * return * fruits * produce * crop * gain

    Anagrams

    * *

    claim

    English

    Alternative forms

    * claym (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
  • A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
  • A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
  • (legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
  • Usage notes

    * Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. See

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To demand ownership of.
  • To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
  • To demand ownership or right to use for land.
  • (legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
  • To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
  • * John Locke
  • We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
  • To proclaim.
  • (Spenser)
  • To call or name.
  • (Spenser)

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs ----