The difference between Agree and Suit

When used as verbs, agree means to harmonize in opinion, statement, or action, whereas suit means to make proper or suitable.

Suit is also noun with the meaning: a set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.

check bellow for the other definitions of Agree and Suit

  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. Suit as a noun:

    A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.

    Examples:

    "Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding."

  2. Suit as a noun (by extension):

    A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.

  3. Suit as a noun (pejorative, slang, metonym):

    A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

    Examples:

    "Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department."

  4. Suit as a noun:

    A full set of armour.

  5. Suit as a noun (legal):

    The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.

    Examples:

    "If you take my advice, you'll file a suit against him immediately."

  6. Suit as a noun:

    The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.

  7. Suit as a noun:

    Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.

  8. Suit as a noun (obsolete):

    The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.

  9. Suit as a noun:

    The full set of sails required for a ship.

  10. Suit as a noun (card games):

    Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic and French playing cards.

  11. Suit as a noun (obsolete):

    Regular order; succession.

    Examples:

    "Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again."

  12. Suit as a noun (archaic):

    A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.

  13. Suit as a noun (archaic):

    A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)

  1. Suit as a verb (transitive):

    To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.

  2. Suit as a verb (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item, transitive):

    To be suitable or apt for one's image.

    Examples:

    "The ripped jeans didn't suit her elegant image."

    "That new top suits you. Where did you buy it?"

  3. Suit as a verb (transitive):

    To be appropriate or apt for.

    Examples:

    "The nickname "Bullet" suits her, since she is a fast runner."

    "Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well."

  4. Suit as a verb (most commonly used in the passive form, intransitive):

    To dress; to clothe.

  5. Suit as a verb:

    To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.

    Examples:

    "He is well suited with his place."

    "My new job suits me, as I work fewer hours and don't have to commute so much."

  6. Suit as a verb (intransitive):

    To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)

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