The difference between Get and Give

When used as nouns, get means offspring, whereas give means the amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

When used as verbs, get means to obtain, whereas give means to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. to transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). to make a present or gift of. to pledge. to provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford. to cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in. to carry out (a physical interaction) with (something). to pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like. to cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

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  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.

  1. Give as a verb (ditransitive):

    To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). To make a present or gift of. To pledge. To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford. To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in. To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something). To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like. To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

    Examples:

    "I gave him my coat."

    "I gave my coat to the beggar."

    "When they asked, I gave my coat."

    "I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday."

    "She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary."

    "He gives of his energies to the organization."

    "I gave him my word that I'd protect his children."

    "I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class."

    "Please give me some more time."

    "It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight."

    "The fence gave me an electric shock."

    "My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief."

    "I want to give you a kiss."

    "She gave him a hug."

    "I'd like to give the tire a kick."

    "I gave the boy a push on the swing."

    "She gave me a wink afterwards, so I knew she was joking."

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    "'Give me your hand."

    "On entering the house, he gave his coat to the doorman."

    "My boyfriend gave me chlamydia."

    "He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer."

  2. Give as a verb (ditransitive):

    To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

    Examples:

    "I give it ten minutes before he gives up."

    "I give it a 95% chance of success."

    "I'll give their marriage six months."

  3. Give as a verb (intransitive):

    To yield slightly when a force is applied.

  4. Give as a verb (intransitive):

    To collapse under pressure or force.

    Examples:

    "One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below."

  5. Give as a verb (transitive):

    To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

    Examples:

    "They're giving my favorite show!"

  6. Give as a verb (intransitive):

    To lead (onto or into).

    Examples:

    "The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony."

  7. Give as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To provide a view of.

    Examples:

    "His window gave the park."

  8. Give as a verb:

    To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

    Examples:

    "The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship."

  9. Give as a verb:

    To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

  10. Give as a verb:

    To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

  11. Give as a verb:

    To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

    Examples:

    "He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker."

  12. Give as a verb:

    To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

  13. Give as a verb:

    To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

  14. Give as a verb (dated):

    To grant power or permission to; to allow.

  15. Give as a verb (reflexive):

    To devote or apply (oneself).

    Examples:

    "The soldiers give themselves to plunder."

    "That boy is given to fits of bad temper."

  16. Give as a verb (obsolete):

    To become soft or moist.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  17. Give as a verb (obsolete):

    To shed tears; to weep.

  18. Give as a verb (obsolete):

    To have a misgiving.

  19. Give as a verb:

    To be going on, to be occurring

    Examples:

    "What gives?"

  1. Give as a noun (uncountable):

    The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

    Examples:

    "This chair doesn't have much give."

    "There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs."

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