The difference between Chase and Come after

When used as verbs, chase means to follow at speed, whereas come after means to pursue or follow.

Chase is also noun with the meaning: the act of one who chases another.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chase and Come after

  1. Chase as a noun:

    The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

  2. Chase as a noun:

    A hunt.

  3. Chase as a noun (uncountable):

    A children's game where one player chases another.

  4. Chase as a noun (British):

    A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.

  5. Chase as a noun:

    Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.

  6. Chase as a noun (nautical):

    Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.

  7. Chase as a noun ([[real tennis]]):

    The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.

  8. Chase as a noun ([[real tennis]]):

    A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.

  9. Chase as a noun (cycling):

    One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.

  1. Chase as a verb (transitive):

    To pursue. To follow at speed. To hunt. To seek to attain. seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way. To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.

    Examples:

    "the team are chasing their first home win this season."

    "He spends all his free time chasing girls."

  2. Chase as a verb (transitive):

    To dilute alcohol.

    Examples:

    "Chase vodka with orange juice to make a screwdriver."

  3. Chase as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.

    Examples:

    "Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day."

  4. Chase as a verb (transitive, baseball):

    To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch

    Examples:

    "Jones chases one out of the [[zone]] for strike two."

  5. Chase as a verb (transitive, baseball):

    To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed

    Examples:

    "The rally chased the starter."

  1. Chase as a noun (printing):

    A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.

  1. Chase as a noun:

    A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.

  2. Chase as a noun ([[architecture]]):

    A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.

  3. Chase as a noun:

    The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.

  4. Chase as a noun:

    The cavity of a mold.

  5. Chase as a noun (shipbuilding):

    A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

  1. Chase as a verb (transitive):

    To groove; indent.

  2. Chase as a verb (transitive):

    To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall (chase the pipe)

  3. Chase as a verb (transitive):

    To cut (the thread of a screw).

  4. Chase as a verb (transitive):

    To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

  1. Come after as a verb:

    To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.

    Examples:

    "Don't try to come after me."

  2. Come after as a verb:

    To follow or succeed; to be the successor of.

    Examples:

    "Who came after Richard the Lionheart?"

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