Read vs Convey - What's the Difference?
Definition as Verb
- (of information) make known; pass on
- transmit a title or property
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- go or come after and bring or take back
- serve as a means for expressing something
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- transfer to another
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
- "She conveyed the message to me"
- "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
- "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
- "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger"
- "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
- "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?"