The difference between Call for and Expect
When used as verbs, call for means to shout out in order to summon (a person), whereas expect means to look for (mentally).
check bellow for the other definitions of Call for and Expect
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Call for as a verb:
To shout out in order to summon (a person).
Examples:
"I leant out of the back door and called for Lucy."
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Call for as a verb:
To ask for in a loud voice.
Examples:
"We finished the main course in short order and called for more wine."
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Call for as a verb (figuratively):
To request, demand.
Examples:
"The government has called for an end to hostilities in the region."
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Call for as a verb:
To necessitate, demand.
Examples:
"This situation calls for a high degree of courage."
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Call for as a verb:
To stop at a place and ask for (someone).
Examples:
"I'll call for you just after midday."
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Expect as a verb:
To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).
Examples:
"I expect to receive wages.  I expect that the troops will be defeated."
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Expect as a verb:
To consider obligatory or required.
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Expect as a verb:
To consider reasonably due.
Examples:
"You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week."
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Expect as a verb (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple):
To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
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Expect as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To wait for; to await.
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Expect as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To wait; to stay.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sandys"