Settle vs Root - What's the Difference?

Root

Settle

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
  • a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
  • the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
  • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
  • the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  • a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
  • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  • the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Definition as Noun
  • a long wooden bench with a back
Definition as Verb
  • take root and begin to grow
  • come into existence, originate
  • cheer for
  • plant by the roots
  • cause to take roots
  • dig with the snout
  • become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
Definition as Verb
  • become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
  • establish or develop as a residence
  • come to rest
  • arrange or fix in the desired order
  • accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
  • end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
  • dispose of; make a financial settlement
  • become clear by the sinking of particles
  • cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
  • form a community
  • bring to an end; settle conclusively
  • fix firmly
  • come as if by falling
  • make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
  • get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
  • take up residence and become established
  • come to terms
  • become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
  • settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
  • go under
  • settle conclusively; come to terms
  • sink down or precipitate

Synonyms

Examples

  • "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
  • "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
  • "this plant roots quickly"
  • "The problem roots in her depression"
  • "She roots for the Broncos"
  • "the pig was rooting for truffles"
  • "He finally settled down"
  • "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"
  • "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
  • "She settled the teacart"
  • "We settled for a lower price"
  • "The two parties finally settled"
  • "the liquid gradually settled"
  • "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
  • "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
  • "He ensconced himself in the chair"
  • "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
  • "let's finalize the proposal"
  • "I finally settled with my old enemy"
  • "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
  • "After some discussion we finally made up"
  • "He finally settled down"
  • "dust settled on the roofs"
  • "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
  • "We finally settled the argument"
  • "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb

Related

See also

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