Abide vs. Follow — What's the Difference?

To put up with; tolerate

Go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind

To wait patiently for

Come after in time or order

To remain in a place

Act according to (an instruction or precept)

To continue in existence; endure

Pay close attention to

To dwell or reside.

Practise (a trade or profession).

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.

To come or go after; proceed behind

(transitive) To bear patiently.

To go after in pursuit

(transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.

To keep under surveillance

To wait in expectation.

To move along the course of; take

To pause; to delay.

To move in the direction of; be guided by

To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

To lie in the same path as

To have one's abode.

To be parallel to

To endure; to remain; to last.

To accept the guidance, command, or leadership of

To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.

To adhere to; practice

To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

To take as a model or precedent; imitate

To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

To act in agreement or compliance with; obey

To wait; to pause; to delay.

To keep to or stick to

To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; - with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.

To engage in (a trade or occupation); work at.

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.

To come after in order, time, or position

To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.

To bring something about at a later time than or as a consequence of

To endure; to sustain; to submit to.

To occur or be evident as a consequence of

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.

To watch or observe closely

To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

To be attentive to; pay close heed to

Dwell;

To keep oneself informed of the course, progress, or fortunes of

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand

To come, move, or take place after another person or thing in order or time.

To occur or be evident as a consequence; result

To grasp the meaning or reasoning of something; understand.

(Games) A billiards shot in which the cue ball is struck above center so that it follows the path of the object ball after impact.

(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.

(ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).

(transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

(transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

(ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

(transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

(social media) The act of following another user's online activity.

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

To copy after; to take as an example.

To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.

To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

To go or come after; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.

To travel behind, go after, come after;

Be later in time;

Come as a logical consequence; follow logically;

Travel along a certain course;

Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

Come after in time, as a result;

Behave in accordance or in agreement with;

Be next;

Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

To bring something about at a later time than;

Imitate in behavior; take as a model;

Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Follow with the eyes or the mind;

Be the successor (of);

Perform an accompaniment to;

Keep informed;

To be the product or result;

Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;

Adhere to or practice;

Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;

Keep under surveillance;

Follow in or as if in pursuit;

Grasp the meaning;

Keep to;