The difference between Apply and Brook

When used as verbs, apply means to lay or place, whereas brook means to use.

Brook is also noun with the meaning: a body of running water smaller than a river.

check bellow for the other definitions of Apply and Brook

  1. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

    Examples:

    "to apply cream to a rash"

  2. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote

    Examples:

    "to apply funds to the repayment of a debt"

  3. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case

  4. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

  5. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.

  6. Apply as a verb (intransitive):

    To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

    Examples:

    "I recently applied to the tavern for a job as a bartender."

    "Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into."

    "Many of them don't know it, but almost a third of the inmates are eligible to apply for parole or work-release programs."

  7. Apply as a verb (intransitive):

    To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

    Examples:

    "That rule only applies to foreigners."

  8. Apply as a verb (obsolete):

    To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

  9. Apply as a verb (obsolete):

    To visit.

  1. Apply as an adjective:

  1. Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots):

    To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.

  2. Brook as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To earn; deserve.

  3. Brook as a verb (transitive):

    To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

    Examples:

    "I will not brook any disobedience.   I will brook no refusal.   I will brook no impertinence."

  1. Brook as a noun:

    A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

  2. Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent):

    A water meadow.

  3. Brook as a noun (Sussex, Kent, in the plural):

    Low, marshy ground.

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