The difference between Agree and Compound

When used as verbs, agree means to harmonize in opinion, statement, or action, whereas compound means to form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

Compound is also noun with the meaning: an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

Compound is also adjective with the meaning: composed of elements.

check bellow for the other definitions of Agree and Compound

  1. Agree as a verb (intransitive):

    To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur.

    Examples:

    "all parties agree in the expediency of the law."

  2. Agree as a verb (intransitive):

    To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.

    Examples:

    "to agree to an offer, or to opinion."

  3. Agree as a verb (transitive, UK, Irish):

    To yield assent to; to approve.

  4. Agree as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

  5. Agree as a verb (intransitive):

    To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.

    Examples:

    "the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly."

  6. Agree as a verb (intransitive, now always with ''with''):

    To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

    Examples:

    "the same food does not agree with every constitution."

  7. Agree as a verb (intransitive, grammar):

    To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.

    Examples:

    "In Romanian, the articles, adjectives, pronouns agree in gender, number and case with the noun they refer to."

  8. Agree as a verb (intransitive, legal):

    To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

  1. Compound as a noun:

    an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined

  2. Compound as a noun:

    a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices

  1. Compound as an adjective:

    composed of elements; not simple

    Examples:

    "a compound word"

  2. Compound as an adjective (music):

    An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

  1. Compound as a noun:

    Anything made by combining several things.

  2. Compound as a noun (chemistry, dated):

    A substance made from any combination elements.

  3. Compound as a noun (chemistry):

    A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.

  4. Compound as a noun (linguistics):

    A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example , formed from and .

  5. Compound as a noun (rail):

    a , a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

  1. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

    Examples:

    "to compound a medicine"

  2. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

  3. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

  4. Compound as a verb (transitive, legal):

    To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

    Examples:

    "to compound a debt"

  5. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.

  6. Compound as a verb (intransitive):

    To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

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

    To compose; to constitute.

  8. Compound as a verb (intransitive, finance):

    To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

  9. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To worsen a situation

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