Apply vs. Submit

Applyverb

(transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

‘to apply cream to a rash’;

Submitverb

(intransitive) To yield or give way to another.

‘They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.’;

Applyverb

(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote

‘to apply funds to the repayment of a debt’;

Submitverb

(transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.

Applyverb

(transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case

Submitverb

(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.

‘I submit these plans for your approval.’;

Applyverb

(transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

Submitverb

(transitive) To subject; to put through a process.

Applyverb

(transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.

Submitverb

To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.

Applyverb

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

‘I recently applied to the tavern for a job as a bartender.’; ‘Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into.’; ‘Many of them don't know it, but almost a third of the inmates are eligible to apply for parole or work-release programs.’;

Submitverb

To let down; to lower.

Applyverb

(intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

‘That rule only applies to foreigners.’;

Submitverb

To put or place under.

Applyverb

(obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

Submitverb

To let down; to lower.

‘Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.’;

Applyverb

(obsolete) To visit.

Submitverb

To put or place under.

‘The bristled throatOf the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut.’;

Applyadjective

alternative spelling of appley

Submitverb

To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; - often with the reflexive pronoun.

‘Ye ben submitted through your free assent.’; ‘The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.’; ‘Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands.’;

Applyverb

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); - with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.

‘He said, and the sword his throat applied.’;

Submitverb

To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; - often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.

‘Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house.’; ‘We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.’;

Applyverb

To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.

Submitverb

To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.

‘The revolted provinces presently submitted.’;

Applyverb

To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.

‘Yet God at lastTo Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.’;

Submitverb

To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.

‘To thy husband's willThine shall submit.’;

Applyverb

To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

‘Apply thine heart unto instruction.’;

Submitverb

To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.

‘Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death.’;

Applyverb

To direct or address.

‘Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto.’;

Submitverb

refer for judgment or consideration;

‘She submitted a proposal to the agency’;

Applyverb

To betake; to address; to refer; - used reflexively.

‘I applied myself to him for help.’;

Submitverb

put before;

‘I submit to you that the accused is guilty’;

Applyverb

To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

‘She was skillful in applying his "humors."’;

Submitverb

yield to the control of another

Applyverb

To visit.

‘And he applied each place so fast.’;

Submitverb

hand over formally

Applyverb

To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

Submitverb

refer to another person for decision or judgment;

‘She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues’;

Applyverb

To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.

Submitverb

submit or yield to another's wish or opinion;

‘The government bowed to the military pressure’;

Applyverb

To ply; to move.

‘I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water.’;

Submitverb

accept or undergo, often unwillingly;

‘We took a pay cut’;

Applyverb

To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

Submitverb

make an application as for a job or funding;

‘We put in a grant to the NSF’;

Applyverb

put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

‘use your head!’; ‘we only use Spanish at home’; ‘I can't make use of this tool’; ‘Apply a magnetic field here’; ‘This thinking was applied to many projects’; ‘How do you utilize this tool?’; ‘I apply this rule to get good results’; ‘use the plastic bags to store the food’; ‘He doesn't know how to use a computer’;

Submitverb

make over as a return;

‘They had to render the estate’;

Applyverb

be pertinent or relevant or applicable;

‘The same laws apply to you!’; ‘This theory holds for all irrational numbers’; ‘The same rules go for everyone’;

Submitverb

accept as inevitable;

‘He resigned himself to his fate’;

Applyverb

ask (for something);

‘He applied for a leave of absence’; ‘She applied for college’; ‘apply for a job’;

Submit

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‘Bastardiser’;

Applyverb

apply to a surface;

‘She applied paint to the back of the house’; ‘Put on make-up!’;

Applyverb

be applicable to; as to an analysis;

‘This theory lends itself well to our new data’;

Applyverb

give or convey physically;

‘She gave him First Aid’; ‘I gave him a punch in the nose’;

Applyverb

avail oneself to;

‘apply a principle’; ‘practice a religion’; ‘use care when going down the stairs’; ‘use your common sense’; ‘practice non-violent resistance’;

Applyverb

ensure observance of laws and rules;

‘Apply the rules to everyone’;

Applyverb

refer (a word or name) to a person or thing;

‘He applied this racial slur to me!’;

Applyverb

apply oneself to;

‘Please apply yourself to your homework’;

Applyverb

make a formal application or request

‘a number of people have applied to vote by proxy’; ‘you need to apply to the local authority for a grant’;

Applyverb

put oneself forward formally as a candidate for a job

‘she had applied for a number of positions’;

Applyverb

be applicable or relevant

‘normal rules apply’; ‘prices do not apply to public holiday periods’;

Applyverb

bring or put into operation or use

‘the oil industry has failed to apply appropriate standards of care’;

Applyverb

put or spread (a substance) on a surface

‘the sealer can be applied to new wood’;

Applyverb

use; exert

‘smooth over with a cloth, applying even pressure’;

Applyverb

give one's full attention to a task; work hard

‘for two years, she applied herself to her studies with dedication’;

Apply

In mathematics and computer science, apply is a function that applies a function to arguments. It is central to programming languages derived from lambda calculus, such as LISP and Scheme, and also in functional languages.