different between confer vs concede

English

Etymology

From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin c?nfer?. Compare Dutch confereren (“to confer”), German konferieren (“to confer”), Danish konferere (“to confer”), Swedish konferera (“to confer”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?f??/, [k?????f?]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?f??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

confer (third-person singular simple present confers, present participle conferring, simple past and past participle conferred)

1. (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]

   The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.

   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     Nor shall I count in hainous to enjoy
     The public marks of honour and reward
     Conferr'd upon me […]

   • 2010, Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer, 7 Feb 2010:

     The special immunities that are conferred on MPs were framed with the essential purpose of allowing them to speak freely in parliament.
2. (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. [from 16th c.]

   They were in a huddle, conferring about something.

   • 1974, "A Traveler's Perils", Time, 25 Mar 1974:

     Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks.

3. (obsolete) To compare. [16th–18th c.]
   • 1557 (book title):

     The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations.

   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Second Essay, of Unsucceeding Experiments

     If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion.

4. (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.]
5. (obsolete) To contribute; to conduce. [16th–18th c.]
   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica

     The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.

Synonyms

• (to grant, bestow, or contribute): afford

Derived terms

• conferment
• conferrable
• conferral
• agreement conferring jurisdiction

Related terms

• cf, cf.
• conference
• collate
• collation

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kon.fer/, [?kõ?f?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kon.fer/, [?k?nf?r]

Verb

c?nfer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of c?nfer?. Often abbreviated cf and used to mean "compare with".

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin conced? (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + ced? (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?si?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

   I have to concede the argument.

   He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.

   Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
4. To yield or make concession.
5. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
6. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Synonyms

• (surrender): capitulate, give up; See also Thesaurus:surrender
• (in sports): let in
• (yield or make concession): accede, come around, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede

Related terms

• concession

Translations

Galician

Verb

concede

1. third-person singular present indicative of conceder
2. second-person singular imperative of conceder

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?de

Verb

concede

1. third-person singular present indicative of concedere

Latin

Verb

conc?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of conc?d?

Portuguese

Verb

concede

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of conceder
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of conceder

Romanian

Etymology

From French concéder.

Verb

a concede (third-person singular present conced, past participle [please provide]) 3rd conj.

1. to concede

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

concede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of conceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of conceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of conceder.