The difference between Apprise and Tell
When used as verbs, apprise means to notify, or to make aware, whereas tell means to count, reckon, or enumerate.
Tell is also noun with the meaning: a reflexive, often habitual behavior, one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
check bellow for the other definitions of Apprise and Tell
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Apprise as a verb (transitive):
To notify, or to make aware; to inform.
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Tell as a verb (transitive):
To count, reckon, or enumerate.
Examples:
"All told, there were over a dozen.  Can you tell time on a clock?  He had untold wealth."
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Tell as a verb (transitive):
To narrate.
Examples:
"I want to tell a story;  I want to tell you a story."
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Tell as a verb (transitive):
To convey by speech; to say.
Examples:
"Finally, someone told him the truth.  He seems to like to tell lies."
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Tell as a verb (transitive):
To instruct or inform.
Examples:
"Please tell me how to do it."
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Tell as a verb (transitive):
To order; to direct, to say to someone.
Examples:
"'Tell him to go away."
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Tell as a verb (intransitive):
To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
Examples:
"Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance?  No, there's no way to tell."
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Tell as a verb (transitive):
To reveal.
Examples:
"Time will tell what became of him."
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Tell as a verb (intransitive):
To be revealed.
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Tell as a verb (intransitive):
To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
Examples:
"Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell."
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Tell as a verb:
To use beads or similar objects as an aid to prayer.
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Tell as a verb (intransitive, childish):
To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
Examples:
"I saw you steal those sweets! I'm going to tell!"
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Tell as a verb:
To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
Examples:
"Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing."
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Tell as a noun:
A reflexive, often habitual behavior, one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
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Tell as a noun (archaic):
That which is told; a tale or account.
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Tell as a noun (internet):
A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
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Tell as a noun (archaeology):
A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.