The difference between Get and Reach

When used as nouns, get means offspring, whereas reach means the act of stretching or extending.

When used as verbs, get means to obtain, whereas reach means to extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

check bellow for the other definitions of Get and Reach

  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. Reach as a verb (intransitive):

    To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

    Examples:

    "He reached for a weapon that was on the table."

    "He reached for his shoe with his legs."

  2. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.

    Examples:

    "to reach one a book"

  3. Reach as a verb (intransitive):

    To stretch out the hand.

  4. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.

    Examples:

    "to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear"

    "“I can't quite reach the pepper, could you pass it to me?”"

    "The gun was stored in a small box on a high closet shelf, but the boy managed to reach it by climbing on other boxes."

  5. Reach as a verb (intransitive):

    To strike or touch with a missile.

    Examples:

    "His bullet reached its intended target."

  6. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.

  7. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.

    Examples:

    "his hand reaches the river"

    "When the forest reaches the river, you will be able to rest."

  8. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.

    Examples:

    "After three years, he reached the position of manager."

    "The climbers reached the top of the mountain after a gruelling ten-day hike."

  9. Reach as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To make contact with.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: contact get hold of get in touch"

    "usex I tried to reach you all day."

  10. Reach as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).

    Examples:

    "What will it take for me to reach him?"

  11. Reach as a verb (intransitive, India, Singapore):

    To arrive at a particular destination.

  12. Reach as a verb (transitive):

    To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.

    Examples:

    "usex You can only access the inheritance money when you reach the age of 25."

  13. Reach as a verb (obsolete):

    To understand; to comprehend.

  14. Reach as a verb (obsolete):

    To overreach; to deceive.

    Examples:

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  15. Reach as a verb:

    To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.

    Examples:

    "'Reach for your dreams."

    "usex Reach for the stars!"

  16. Reach as a verb (intransitive):

    To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (, , , etc. something).

  17. Reach as a verb (nautical):

    To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

  18. Reach as a verb:

    To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.

  1. Reach as a noun:

    The act of stretching or extending; extension.

  2. Reach as a noun:

    The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.

    Examples:

    "The fruit is beyond my reach."

    "to be within reach of cannon shot"

  3. Reach as a noun:

    The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

  4. Reach as a noun:

    Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

  5. Reach as a noun (informal):

    An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.

    Examples:

    "To call George eloquent is certainly a reach."

  6. Reach as a noun (boxing):

    The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.

  7. Reach as a noun:

    An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.

  8. Reach as a noun (nautical):

    Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.

  9. Reach as a noun (obsolete):

    An article to obtain an advantage.

  10. Reach as a noun:

    The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.

  11. Reach as a noun:

    An effort to vomit; a retching.

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