The difference between Accompany and Conduct

When used as verbs, accompany means to go with or attend as a companion or associate, whereas conduct means to lead, or guide.


Conduct is also noun with the meaning: the act or method of controlling or directing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Accompany and Conduct

  1. Accompany as a verb (transitive):

    To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.

    Examples:

    "Geoffrey accompanied the group on their pilgrimage."

  2. Accompany as a verb (transitive):

    To supplement with; add to.

  3. Accompany as a verb (intransitive, music):

    To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.

  4. Accompany as a verb (transitive, music):

    To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).

    Examples:

    "The strings were accompanied by two woodwinds."

    "I will accompany her on the oboe."

  5. Accompany as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To associate in a company; to keep company.

  6. Accompany as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To cohabit (with).

  7. Accompany as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir T. Herbert"

  8. Accompany as a verb:

    To be found at the same time.

    Examples:

    "Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm."

  1. Conduct as a noun:

    The act or method of controlling or directing

  2. Conduct as a noun:

    Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

  3. Conduct as a noun:

    The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

    Examples:

    "Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished."

  4. Conduct as a noun (of a literary work):

    Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

  5. Conduct as a noun (obsolete):

    Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

  6. Conduct as a noun:

    That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

  1. Conduct as a verb (archaic, transitive):

    To lead, or guide; to escort.

  2. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    To lead; to direct; to manage

    Examples:

    "The commander conducted thousands of troops."

    "to conduct the affairs of a kingdom"

  3. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.

    Examples:

    "He conducted himself well."

  4. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)

  5. Conduct as a verb (transitive, music):

    To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

  6. Conduct as a verb (intransitive):

    To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

  7. Conduct as a verb (transitive):

    To carry out (something organized)