The difference between Collect and Secure
When used as verbs, collect means to gather together, whereas secure means to make safe.
When used as adjectives, collect means to be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment, whereas secure means free from attack or danger.
Collect is also noun with the meaning: the prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the book of common prayer.
Collect is also adverb with the meaning: with payment due from the recipient.
check bellow for the other definitions of Collect and Secure
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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]]"
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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."
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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."
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Collect as a verb (transitive, now, rare):
To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare , .)
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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."
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Collect as a verb (intransitive):
To come together in a group or mass.
Examples:
"The rain collected in puddles."
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Collect as a verb (transitive):
To infer; to conclude.
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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."
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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."
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Collect as an adverb:
With payment due from the recipient.
Examples:
"I had to call collect."
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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."
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from attack or danger; protected.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the danger of theft; safe.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
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Secure as an adjective:
Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
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Secure as an adjective:
Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
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Secure as an adjective:
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
Examples:
"secure of a welcome"
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Secure as an adjective:
Overconfident; incautious; careless.
Examples:
"rfquotek Macaulay"
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Secure as a verb:
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
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Secure as a verb:
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
Examples:
"to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage"
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Secure as a verb:
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
Examples:
"to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship"
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Secure as a verb:
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
Examples:
"to secure an estate"