The difference between Read and Write
When used as nouns, read means a reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play, whereas write means the operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
When used as verbs, read means to look at and interpret letters or other information that is written, whereas write means to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Read and Write
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Read as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Examples:
"have you read this book?; he doesn’t like to read'"
"synonyms: interpret make out make sense of understand scan"
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Read as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):
To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
Examples:
"He read us a passage from his new book."
"All right, class, who wants to read next?"
"synonyms: read [[aloud]], [[read out]], read [[out loud]], [[speak]]"
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Read as a verb (transitive):
To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.
Examples:
"She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water."
"I can read his feelings in his face."
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Read as a verb:
To consist of certain text.
Examples:
"On the door hung a sign that reads "No admittance"."
"The passage reads differently in the earlier manuscripts."
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Read as a verb (intransitive):
Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
Examples:
"Arabic reads right to left."
"That sentence reads strangely."
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Read as a verb (transitive):
To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); .
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Read as a verb (informal, usually, ironic):
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Read as a verb (transitive, telecommunications):
To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
Examples:
"Do you read me?"
"synonyms: copy hear receive"
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Read as a verb (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland):
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
Examples:
"I am reading theology at university."
"synonyms: learn study look up"
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Read as a verb (computing, transitive):
To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
Examples:
"to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard"
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Read as a verb (obsolete):
To think, believe; to consider (that).
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Read as a verb (obsolete):
To advise; to counsel. See .
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Read as a verb (obsolete):
To tell; to declare; to recite.
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Read as a verb (transitive):
To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
Examples:
"Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me."
"ant pass"
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Read as a verb (at first especially in the black, _, LGBT, _, community):
To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
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Read as a verb:
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Read as a verb:
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Read as a noun:
A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
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Read as a noun (in combination):
Something to be read; a written work.
Examples:
"His thrillers are always a gripping read."
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Read as a noun (at first especially in the black, _, LGBT, _, community):
An instance of .
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Write as a verb (ambitransitive):
To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
Examples:
"The pupil wrote his name on the paper."
"Your son has been writing on the wall."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
Examples:
"My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To send written information to.
Examples:
"(UK) Please write to me when you get there."
"(US) Please write me when you get there."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To show (information, etc) in written form.
Examples:
"The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus."
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Write as a verb (intransitive):
To be an author.
Examples:
"I write for a living."
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Write as a verb (computing, intransitive, with {{m, to):
}} To record data mechanically or electronically.
Examples:
"The computer writes to the disk faster than it [[reads]] from it."
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Write as a verb (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.):
To fill in, to complete using words.
Examples:
"I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test."
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Write as a verb:
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
Examples:
"truth written on the heart"
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Write as a verb:
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
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Write as a noun (computing):
The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
Examples:
"How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?"