The difference between Please and Will

When used as verbs, please means to make happy or satisfy, whereas will means to wish, desire (something).


Will is also noun with the meaning: one's independent faculty of choice.

check bellow for the other definitions of Please and Will

  1. Please as a verb (transitive):

    To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

    Examples:

    "Her presentation pleased the executives."

    "I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself."

  2. Please as a verb (intransitive, ergative):

    To desire; to will; to be pleased by.

    Examples:

    "Just do as you please."

  1. Please as an adverb:

    Examples:

    "'Please, pass the bread."

    "Would you please sign this form?"

    "Could you tell me the time, please?"

    "May I take your order, please?"

  2. Please as an adverb:

    Examples:

    "—May I help you? —Please."

  3. Please as an adverb:

    Examples:

    "Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?"

  1. Please as an adverb (Cincinnati):

  1. Will as a verb (rare, transitive):

    To wish, desire (something).

    Examples:

    "Do what you will."

  2. Will as a verb (rare, intransitive):

    To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

  3. Will as a verb (auxiliary):

    To habitually do (a given action).

  4. Will as a verb (auxiliary):

    To choose to (do something); .

    Examples:

    "I’ve told him three times, but he won’t take his medicine."

  5. Will as a verb (auxiliary):

    Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare .

  6. Will as a verb (auxiliary):

    To be able to, to have the capacity to.

    Examples:

    "Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand."

  7. Will as a verb (auxiliary):

  1. Will as a noun:

    One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

    Examples:

    "Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason."

  2. Will as a noun:

    One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

    Examples:

    "Eventually I submitted to my parents' will."

  3. Will as a noun:

    The act of choosing to do something; a person's conscious intent or volition.

    Examples:

    "Most creatures have a will to live."

  4. Will as a noun:

    A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

  5. Will as a noun (archaic):

    That which is desired; one's wish.

  6. Will as a noun (archaic):

    Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

    Examples:

    "He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land."

  1. Will as a verb (archaic):

    To wish, desire.

  2. Will as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

  3. Will as a verb (transitive):

    To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

    Examples:

    "All the fans were willing their team to win the game."

  4. Will as a verb (transitive):

    To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

    Examples:

    "He willed his stamp collection to the local museum."