Read vs Get - What's the Difference?

Get

Read

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
Definition as Noun
  • something that is read
Definition as Verb
  • reach by calculation
  • acquire as a result of some effort or action
  • purchase
  • reach and board
  • evoke an emotional response
  • overcome or destroy
  • communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
  • come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  • reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
  • enter or assume a certain state or condition
  • make (offspring) by reproduction
  • go or come after and bring or take back
  • grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
  • attract and fix
  • reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
  • perceive by hearing
  • suffer from the receipt of
  • apprehend and reproduce accurately
  • succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
  • be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
  • earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
  • move into a desired direction of discourse
  • go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  • take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  • irritate
  • come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
  • achieve a point or goal
  • cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
  • cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
  • give certain properties to something
  • take vengeance on or get even
  • be a mystery or bewildering to
  • receive as a retribution or punishment
  • receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
  • undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
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

  • "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
  • "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
  • "What did you get at the toy store?"
  • "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
  • "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
  • "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
  • "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"
  • "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "get your results the next day"; "get permission to take a few days off from work"
  • "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
  • "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "get going!"
  • "Abraham begot Isaac"; "John fathered four daughters"
  • "get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
  • "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
  • "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
  • "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"
  • "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
  • "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
  • "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
  • "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
  • "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
  • "He drew a base on balls"
  • "What are you driving at?"
  • "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
  • "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
  • "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
  • "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
  • "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
  • "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
  • "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
  • "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
  • "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
  • "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
  • "He got 5 years in prison"
  • "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
  • "Scram!"
  • "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
  • "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

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb

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