The difference between Collect and Gather

When used as nouns, collect means the prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the book of common prayer, whereas gather means a plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it.

When used as verbs, collect means to gather together, whereas gather means to collect.

Collect is also adverb with the meaning: with payment due from the recipient.

Collect is also adjective with the meaning: to be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

check bellow for the other definitions of Collect and Gather

  1. Collect as a verb (transitive):

    To gather together; amass.

    Examples:

    "Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out."

    "The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall. [[File:The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.ogg]]"

  2. Collect as a verb (transitive):

    To get; particularly, get from someone.

    Examples:

    "A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house."

  3. Collect as a verb (transitive):

    To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

    Examples:

    "John Henry collects stamps."

    "I don't think he collects as much as hoards."

  4. Collect as a verb (transitive, now, rare):

    To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare , .)

  5. Collect as a verb (intransitive, often with ''on'' or ''against''):

    To collect payments.

    Examples:

    "He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made."

  6. Collect as a verb (intransitive):

    To come together in a group or mass.

    Examples:

    "The rain collected in puddles."

  7. Collect as a verb (transitive):

    To infer; to conclude.

  8. Collect as a verb (transitive, of a vehicle or driver):

    To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).

    Examples:

    "The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction."

  1. Collect as an adjective:

    To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

    Examples:

    "It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay."

  1. Collect as an adverb:

    With payment due from the recipient.

    Examples:

    "I had to call collect."

  1. Collect as a noun (Christianity):

    The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

    Examples:

    "He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon."

  1. Gather as a verb (intransitive):

    To collect; normally separate things. Especially, to harvest food. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little. To congregate, or assemble. To grow gradually larger by accretion.

    Examples:

    "I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with."

    "She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair."

    "We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane."

    "Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs."

    "People gathered round as he began to tell his story."

  2. Gather as a verb (sewing):

    To bring parts of a whole closer. To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width. To bring stitches closer together. To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue. To haul in; to take up.

    Examples:

    "She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold."

    "A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped."

    "Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting."

    "If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline."

    "to gather the slack of a rope"

  3. Gather as a verb:

    To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.

    Examples:

    "From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well."

    "I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match."

  4. Gather as a verb (intransitive, medicine, of a [[boil]] or [[sore]]):

    To be filled with pus

    Examples:

    "Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst."

  5. Gather as a verb (glassblowing):

    To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.

  6. Gather as a verb:

    To gain; to win.

  1. Gather as a noun:

    A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.

  2. Gather as a noun:

    The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

  3. Gather as a noun:

    The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).

  4. Gather as a noun (glassblowing):

    A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

  5. Gather as a noun:

    A gathering.

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