different between resolver vs decider

English

Etymology

resolve +? -er.

Noun

resolver (plural resolvers)

1. One who or that which resolves.

   Courts are resolvers of disputes.

   On the Internet, a DNS resolver maps domain names to IP addresses.

2. A device whose electrical output is proportional to the angular position of an object such as a rotor.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolv? as if it were a first group verb. Compare the inherited résoudre.

Verb

resolver

1. (reflexive, se resolver) to resolve oneself; to become resolved

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolv? (“I release”), from re- (“again”) + solv? (“I loosen, I unbind”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?e.zow.?ve(?)/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /??e.zow.?ve(?)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?he.zow.?ve(?)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.zo?.?ve?/
• Hyphenation: re?sol?ver

Verb

resolver (first-person singular present indicative resolvo, past participle resolvido)

1. (transitive) to solve (to find an answer or solution)

   Synonyms: decifrar, solucionar, solver

2. (optionally takes a reflexive pronoun, auxiliary with a and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to decide to do something

   Synonyms: decidir, deliberar, determinar, escolher

3. (transitive) to dissolve; to dissipate

   Synonyms: desfazer, dissipar, dissolver, solver

4. (transitive) to annul (to formally revoke the validity of)

   Synonyms: abolir, anular, desfazer, invalidar

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fade away
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em) to consist

Conjugation

Quotations

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Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolv?. Cognate with English resolve.

Verb

resolver (first-person singular present resuelvo, first-person singular preterite resolví, past participle resuelto)

1. to resolve, to sort out, to settle, to address, to tackle, to overcome, to iron out

2. to solve, to figure out, to work out, to crack
3. to decide
4. to meet (e.g. demands, needs, requirements)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• resolver el caso (“to crack the case”)

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??sa?d?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?d?(?)

Etymology

decide +? -er

Noun

decider (plural deciders)

1. (of a controversy, question, etc) A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
   • 1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90:

     This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions.

   • 1758, Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey, Philadelphia, p. 680:

     The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter.

   • 1885, Friedrich Delitzsch, "General Notes: The Religion of the Kassites," Hebraica, vol 1 no 3 (Jan), p. 190:

     The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).

   • 1967, David P. Gauthier, "How Decisions are Caused," The Journal of Philosophy, vol 64 no 5, 15 Mar, p. 151:

     Although the decider may know any of the principles in the sequence, he cannot know every such principle.

   • 2006 April 18, George W. Bush, White House press conference, Washington, DC:

     "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best."

2. (chiefly Britain, Australia, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.
   • 2007 Feb 22 (action), Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic Guardian Sport:

     . . . when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.

   • 2007 Feb. 10 (event), France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice, Guardian Sport:

     France will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool.

3. (computing) A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.

Synonyms

• decisor
• decisionmaker

References

• decider at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cidered, decried

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.tsi?der/

Verb

decider

1. to decide

Conjugation