different between subscribe vs activate

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.

English

Etymology

active +? -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ækt??ve?t/

Verb

activate (third-person singular simple present activates, present participle activating, simple past and past participle activated)

1. (transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.

2. (transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.

3. (transitive, chemistry, physics) To render more reactive; excite.
4. (transitive, biology) To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
5. (transitive, physics) To render a substance radioactive.
6. (transitive, chemistry) To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
7. (transitive, computing, software) To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
8. (transitive) To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
9. (transitive, military) To organize or create a military unit or station.

10. (transitive, sports) To bring a player back after an injury.

Synonyms

• actuate
• enable
• get going
• set going
• set in motion
• set off
• spur
• start
• stimulate
• trigger
• turn on

Related terms

• activation

Antonyms

• deactivate
• inactivate

Translations

Anagrams

• cavitate