Read vs Learn - What's the Difference?
Definition as Verb
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- gain knowledge or skills
- commit to memory; learn by heart
- be a student of a certain subject
- impart skills or knowledge to
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
- "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
- "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
- "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
- "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
- "She is reading for the bar exam"
- "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
- "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?"