different between notify vs assure
notify
English
Etymology
From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?no?t?fa?/
Verb
notify (third-person singular simple present notifies, present participle notifying, simple past and past participle notified)
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event). [mid-15c.]
- (obsolete, transitive) To make (something) known. [late 14c.]
- (obsolete, transitive) To make note of (something).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Usage notes
As illustrated by the two examples of use, the direct object of the verb can either be the party to which notice is given, or the event of which notice is given.
Synonyms
- apprise, inform; See also Thesaurus:inform
Related terms
- notifier
- notification
- notifyee
Translations
References
Anagrams
- tonify
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assure
English
Etymology
From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????/, /?????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?????/, /????/
- Homophone: ashore
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
assure (third-person singular simple present assures, present participle assuring, simple past and past participle assured)
- (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
- (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
- I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
- He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
- (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:
- That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:
- (transitive) To reassure.
Related terms
- assurance
- reassure
Translations
See also
- ensure
- insure
Anagrams
- Sauers, Sauser
French
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -y?
Verb
assure
- first-person singular present indicative of assurer
- third-person singular present indicative of assurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of assurer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of assurer
- second-person singular imperative of assurer
Anagrams
- ruasse, sueras, useras
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