different between apply vs expend

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expend? (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sp?nd/, /?k?sp?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)

1. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:

     If my death might make this island happy […]

     I would expend it with all willingness.

2. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse

Related terms

• expenditure
• expense
• expensive

Translations

See also

• expent