The difference between Set up and Situation
Set up is also verb with the meaning: to ready something for use.
Set up is also adjective with the meaning: in a position to function.
Situation is also noun with the meaning: the way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
check bellow for the other definitions of Set up and Situation
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Set up as a verb:
To ready something for use.
Examples:
"We set up the sprinkler."
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Set up as a verb:
Logically order.
Examples:
"Set up my CD collection."
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Set up as a verb:
To cause to happen
Examples:
"Even a minor change can set up new bugs."
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Set up as a verb:
To trap or ensnare.
Examples:
"I've got to set up that tasty rabbit."
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Set up as a verb:
Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
Examples:
"The election was set up!"
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Set up as a verb:
To gel or harden.
Examples:
"Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it."
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Set up as a verb:
to provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
Examples:
"Winning the lottery has set them up for life''."
"A good breakfast really sets you up for the day''."
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Set up as a verb:
to establish someone in a business or position.
Examples:
"After he left college, his father set him up in the family business''."
"She set herself up as an interior designer''."
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Set up as a verb (informal):
to trick someone in order to make them do something.
Examples:
"They claimed that they weren't selling drugs, but that they'd been set up by the police''."
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Set up as a verb:
To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
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Set up as a verb:
To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
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Set up as a verb (sports, transitive):
To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
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Set up as a verb (dated, intransitive):
To begin business or a scheme of life.
Examples:
"to set up in trade; to set up for oneself"
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Set up as a verb:
To profess openly; to make pretensions.
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Set up as a verb:
To found; to start (a business, scheme)
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Set up as an adjective:
In a position to function; ready.
Examples:
"Now that I'm set up, this will take moments!"
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Situation as a noun:
The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
Examples:
"The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank."
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Situation as a noun:
The place in which something is situated; a location.
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Situation as a noun:
Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
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Situation as a noun:
The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
Examples:
"The United States is in an awkward situation with debt default looming."
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Situation as a noun (UK, dated):
A position of employment; a post.
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Situation as a noun:
A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
Examples:
"Boss, we've got a situation here..."