different between apply vs applique

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English aplien, applien, from Old French applier, (French appliquer), from Latin applic? (“join, fix, or attach to”); from ad + plic? (“fold, twist together”). See applicant, ply.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pla?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Hyphenation: ap?ply

Verb

apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle applying, simple past and past participle applied)

1. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
2. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

   Synonyms: appropriate, devote, use

3. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
4. (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention

   Synonyms: attach, incline
5. (transitive) To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
6. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
7. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

8. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

   • She was no less skillful in applying his humours.

9. (obsolete) To visit.

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: aplay

Translations

Etymology 2

apple +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp(?)li/

Adjective

apply (comparative more apply, superlative most apply)

1. Alternative spelling of appley

References

• apply in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• lappy

English

Alternative forms

• appliqué

Etymology

From French appliqué

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??pli?.ke?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.pl??.ke?/, /?æ.pl?.ke?/

Noun

applique (countable and uncountable, plural appliques)

1. (art) a decorative design made by cutting pieces of material and applying them to the surface of another for decoration.

Translations

Verb

applique (third-person singular simple present appliques, present participle appliqueing, simple past and past participle appliqued)

1. (transitive, art) to decorate something in this way

Translations

French

Noun

applique f

1. wall light

Descendants

• ? Spanish: aplique

Verb

applique

1. first-person singular present indicative of appliquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of appliquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of appliquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of appliquer
5. second-person singular imperative of appliquer

Italian

Noun

applique f (invariable)

1. wall light