The difference between Come and Depart
When used as nouns, come means coming, arrival, whereas depart means division.
When used as verbs, come means to move from further away to nearer to. to move towards the speaker. to move towards the listener. to move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence. to move towards the agent or subject of the main clause. to move towards an unstated agent, whereas depart means to leave.
Come is also interjection with the meaning: an exclamation to express annoyance.
check bellow for the other definitions of Come and Depart
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Come as a verb (intransitive):
To move from further away to nearer to. To move towards the speaker. To move towards the listener. To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence. To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause. To move towards an unstated agent.
Examples:
"She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes..."
"I called the dog, but she wouldn't come."
"Stop dawdling and come here!"
"Hold on, I'll come in a second."
"You should ask the doctor to come to your house."
"No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit."
"Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year."
"King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming."
"He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him."
"The butler should come when called."
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Come as a verb (intransitive):
To arrive.
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Come as a verb (intransitive):
To appear, to manifest itself.
Examples:
"The pain in his leg comes and goes."
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Come as a verb (intransitive):
To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
Examples:
"Which letter comes before Y? Winter comes after autumn."
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Come as a verb (intransitive, vulgar, slang):
To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
Examples:
"He came after a few minutes."
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Come as a verb (copulative, figuratively, with ''close''):
To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
Examples:
"They came very close to leaving on time. His test scores came close to perfect."
"One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart."
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Come as a verb (figuratively, with ''to''):
To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
Examples:
"He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits."
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Come as a verb (copulative, archaic):
To become, to turn out to be.
Examples:
"He was a dream come true."
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Come as a verb (intransitive):
To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
Examples:
"He's as tough as they come. Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours."
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Come as a verb (slang):
To carry through; to succeed in.
Examples:
"You can't come any tricks here."
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Come as a verb (intransitive):
Happen.
Examples:
"This kind of accident comes when you are careless."
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Come as a verb (intransitive, with ''from'' or sometimes ''of''):
To have as an origin, originate. To have a certain social background. To be or have been a resident or native. To have been brought up by or employed by. To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
Examples:
"Where did you come from?"
"She comes from a good family."
"He comes from a disreputable legal firm."
"The river comes from Bear Lake."
"Where does this road come from?"
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Come as a verb (intransitive, of ''grain''):
To germinate.
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Come as a noun (obsolete):
Coming, arrival; approach.
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Come as a noun (vulgar, slang):
Semen
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Come as a noun (vulgar, slang):
Female ejaculatory discharge.
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Come as a preposition:
Examples:
"Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests."
"Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on."
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Come as a noun:
in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon.
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Depart as a verb (intransitive):
To leave.
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Depart as a verb (intransitive):
To set out on a journey.
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Depart as a verb (intransitive):
To die.
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Depart as a verb (intransitive, figurative):
To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
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Depart as a verb (intransitive):
To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
Examples:
"His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat."
"to depart from a title or defence in legal pleading"
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Depart as a verb (transitive):
To go away from; to leave.
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Depart as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To divide up; to distribute, share.
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Depart as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To separate, part.
Examples:
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Depart as a noun (obsolete):
Division; separation, as of compound substances.
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Depart as a noun (obsolete):
A going away; departure.