different between follow vs subscribe

English

Etymology

From Middle English folwen, fol?en, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folg?n, from Proto-Germanic *fulg?n? (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??
• Hyphenation: fol?low

Verb

follow (third-person singular simple present follows, present participle following, simple past and past participle followed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

   We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.

3. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
4. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
5. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

6. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

7. (Internet, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

8. (transitive, intransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

9. (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

Synonyms

• (go after in a physical space): trail, tail
• (in a sequence): succeed; see also Thesaurus:succeed
• (carry out): pursue
• (be a consequence): ensue

Antonyms

• (go after in a physical space): guide, lead
• (go after in a sequence): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
• unfollow

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• chase (verb)

Noun

follow (plural follows)

1. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

   a follow shot

2. (Internet) The act of following another user's online activity.
   • 2012, Brett Petersel, ?Esther Schindler, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing

     It doesn't take too many follows to become overwhelmed with the deluge of content on Twitter.

Anagrams

• Wollof

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subscr?bere. Compare its Germanic equivalent underwrite.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /s?b?sk?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b

Verb

subscribe (third-person singular simple present subscribes, present participle subscribing, simple past and past participle subscribed)

1. (ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

2. To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.
3. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea (used with to).

4. To pay money to be a member of an organization.
5. (intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
   • 1913, Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography:

     […] under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;

6. (transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.

7. (business and finance) To agree to buy shares in a company.
   • 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations:

     The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.

8. (transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
   • 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity^[1]:

     All the bishops subscribed the sentence.

9. (archaic) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
   • c. 1510, Thomas More, The Life of Pico della Mirandola

     [They] subscribed their names under them.

10. (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
11. (obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
12. (obsolete, transitive) To declare over one's signature; to publish.
13. (transitive) To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.

    Please like this video, and subscribe to my YouTube channel.

14. (intransitive, programming) To register for notifications about an event or similar.

    If you subscribe to the MouseClick event, your application can react to the user clicking the mouse.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sub?skri?.be/, [s??p?s?k?i?b?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sup?skri.be/, [sup?sk?i?b?]

Verb

subscr?be

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subscr?b?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subs?k?ibe/, [su??s?k?i.??e]

Verb

subscribe

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