different between recommend vs suggest

English

Etymology

From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commend?re.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??k??m?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Hyphenation: rec?om?mend

Verb

recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended)

1. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

   The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

2. (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

   A city that has much to recommend it.

3. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably

   The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

4. (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

   A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advise

Antonyms

• deprecate
• disrecommend
• discourage
• disapprove
• oppose

Derived terms

Related terms

• recommendation

Translations

Anagrams

• commender

Middle English

Verb

recommend

1. Alternative form of recommenden

English

Etymology

Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of sugger? (“I carry or bring under, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”), from sub (“under”) + ger? (“I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??d??st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s?(?)?d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

suggest (third-person singular simple present suggests, present participle suggesting, simple past and past participle suggested)

1. (transitive) To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
   • , Book II, Chapter III

     Some ideas […] are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.

2. To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).

3. (transitive) To mention something as an idea, typically in order to recommend it
4. (obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

Usage notes

• (ask for without demanding) This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the form ending in -ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• The intended meaning can be signalized by conjugation. In the first and second senses, the indicative mood is used, and in the third sense, the subjunctive mood is used. “The researcher's work suggests that school is run differently.” means that the researcher's work indicates that school is run differently from another idea of how it is run, while “The researcher's work suggests that school (should) be run differently.” means that the researcher's work indicates that school ought be run differently from how it is actually run or from another idea of how it could be run. However, in informal British English, the indicative is often used for both meanings, and in all dialects, should can be left out even when the indicative and subjunctive look identical without it, possibly leading to ambiguity.

Synonyms

• (imply but stop short of saying explicitly): allude, hint, imply, insinuate, suggestion
• (ask for without demanding): propose
• See also Thesaurus:advise

Derived terms

• suggestion
• suggestive

Translations

See also

• Suggestion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• suggest in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• suggest in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• suggest at OneLook Dictionary Search