The difference between Come and Get

When used as nouns, come means coming, arrival, whereas get means offspring.

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 get means to obtain.

Come is also interjection with the meaning: an exclamation to express annoyance.

check bellow for the other definitions of Come and Get

  1. 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."

  2. Come as a verb (intransitive):

    To arrive.

  3. Come as a verb (intransitive):

    To appear, to manifest itself.

    Examples:

    "The pain in his leg comes and goes."

  4. 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."

  5. Come as a verb (intransitive, vulgar, slang):

    To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

    Examples:

    "He came after a few minutes."

  6. 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."

  7. 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."

  8. Come as a verb (copulative, archaic):

    To become, to turn out to be.

    Examples:

    "He was a dream come true."

  9. 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."

  10. Come as a verb (slang):

    To carry through; to succeed in.

    Examples:

    "You can't come any tricks here."

  11. Come as a verb (intransitive):

    Happen.

    Examples:

    "This kind of accident comes when you are careless."

  12. 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?"

  13. Come as a verb (intransitive, of ''grain''):

    To germinate.

  1. Come as a noun (obsolete):

    Coming, arrival; approach.

  2. Come as a noun (vulgar, slang):

    Semen

  3. Come as a noun (vulgar, slang):

    Female ejaculatory discharge.

  1. 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."

  1. Come as a noun:

    in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon.

  1. Get as a verb (ditransitive):

    To obtain; to acquire.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store."

    "Lance is going to get Mary a ring."

  2. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To receive.

    Examples:

    "I got a computer from my parents for my birthday."

    "You need to get permission to leave early."

    "He got a severe reprimand for that."

  3. Get as a verb (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning):

    To have.

    Examples:

    "I've got a concert ticket for you."

  4. Get as a verb (copulative):

    To become.

    Examples:

    "I'm getting hungry; how about you?"

    "Don't get drunk tonight."

  5. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to become; to bring about.

    Examples:

    "That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it."

    "I'll get this finished by lunchtime."

    "I can't get these boots off upright (or on'upright )."

  6. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To fetch, bring, take.

    Examples:

    "Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

    "I need to get this to the office."

  7. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to do.

    Examples:

    "Somehow she got him to agree to it."

    "I can't get it to work."

  8. Get as a verb (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as [[into]], [[over]], or [[behind]]; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries [[get into]], [[get over]], etc.):

    To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

    Examples:

    "The actors are getting into position."

    "When are we going to get to London?"

    "I'm getting into a muddle."

    "We got behind the wall."

  9. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

    Examples:

    "to get a mile"

  10. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to come or go or move.

  11. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to be in a certain status or position.

  12. Get as a verb (intransitive):

    To begin (doing something).

    Examples:

    "We ought to get moving or we'll be late."

    "After lunch we got chatting."

  13. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

    Examples:

    "I normally get the 7:45 train."

    "I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston."

  14. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

    Examples:

    "Can you get that call, please? I'm busy."

  15. Get as a verb (intransitive, followed by infinitive):

    To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

    Examples:

    "I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!"

    "The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure."

  16. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To understand. }}

    Examples:

    "Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny."

    "I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!"

    "I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me."

  17. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

    Examples:

    "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."

  18. Get as a verb (informal):

    To be.

    Examples:

    "He got bitten by a dog."

  19. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To become ill with or catch (a disease).

    Examples:

    "I went on holiday and got malaria."

  20. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To catch out, trick successfully.

    Examples:

    "He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

  21. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To perplex, stump.

    Examples:

    "That question's really got me."

  22. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To find as an answer.

    Examples:

    "What did you get for question four?"

  23. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

    Examples:

    "The cops finally got me."

    "I'm gonna get him for that."

  24. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To hear completely; catch.

    Examples:

    "Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?"

  25. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To getter.

    Examples:

    "I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

  26. Get as a verb (now, rare):

    To beget (of a father).

  27. Get as a verb (archaic):

    To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

    Examples:

    "to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson"

  28. Get as a verb (imperative, informal):

    Examples:

    "'Get her with her new hairdo."

  29. Get as a verb (informal, mostly, imperative):

    Go away; get lost.

  30. Get as a verb (euphemism):

    To kill.

    Examples:

    "They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

  31. Get as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

  1. Get as a noun (dated):

    Offspring.

  2. Get as a noun:

    Lineage.

  3. Get as a noun (sports, tennis):

    A difficult return or block of a shot.

  4. Get as a noun:

    Something gained.

  1. Get as a noun (British, regional):

    A git.

  1. Get as a noun (Judaism):

    A Jewish writ of divorce.

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