Read vs Consider - What's the Difference?

Consider

Read

Definitions

Definition as Noun
Definition as Noun
  • something that is read
Definition as Verb
  • regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
  • show consideration for; take into account
  • think about carefully; weigh
  • look at attentively
  • deem to be
  • give careful consideration to
  • take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
  • judge or regard; look upon; judge
  • look at carefully; study mentally
Definition as Verb
  • interpret something that is written or printed
  • look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  • interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
  • audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
  • to hear and understand
  • be a student of a certain subject
  • indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • have or contain a certain wording or form
  • obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
  • interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  • make sense of a language

Examples

  • "Please consider your family"
  • "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
  • "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
  • "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
  • "consider the possibility of moving"
  • "Take the case of China"; "consider the following case"
  • "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
  • "view a problem"
  • "the article was a very good read"
  • "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
  • "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
  • "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
  • "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
  • "I read you loud and clear!"
  • "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
  • "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
  • "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
  • "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

Parts of Speech

Verb
Noun, Verb