Ask vs. Give — What's the Difference?

To put a question to

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone)

To seek an answer to

Cause or allow (someone or something) to have or experience (something); provide with

To seek information about

Carry out or perform (a specified action)

To make a request of

Yield as a product or result

To make a request for. Often used with an infinitive or clause

Concede (something) as valid or deserved in respect of (someone)

To require or call for as a price or condition

State or put forward (information or argument)

To expect or demand

Alter in shape under pressure rather than resist or break

To invite

Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure

(Archaic)To publish, as marriage banns.

To make a present of

To make inquiry; seek information.

To place in the hands of; pass

To make a request

To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay

The act of making a request

To let go for a price; sell

Something that is requested

To administer

To request (information, or an answer to a question).

To convey by a physical action

To put forward (a question) to be answered.

To inflict as punishment

To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

To bestow, especially officially; confer

To request or petition; usually with for.

To accord or tender to another

To request permission to do something.

To put temporarily at the disposal of

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

To entrust to another, usually for a specified reason

To invite.

To communicate, convey, or offer for conveyance

To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.

To endure the loss of; sacrifice

(figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.

To devote or apply completely

An act or instance of asking.

To furnish or contribute

Something asked or asked for.

To offer in good faith; pledge

An asking price.

To allot as a portion or share.

(Internet) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.

To bestow (a name, for example).

An eft; newt.

To attribute (blame, for example) to someone; assign.

A lizard.

To award as due

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; - often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

To emit or utter

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?

To submit for consideration, acceptance, or use

To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

To proffer to another

To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

To consent to engage (oneself) in sexual intercourse with another person.

To publish in church for marriage; - said of both the banns and the persons.

To perform for an audience

To request or petition; - usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.

To present to view

To make inquiry, or seek by request; - sometimes followed by after.

To offer as entertainment

A water newt.

To propose as a toast.

Inquire about;

To be a source of; afford

Make a request or demand for something to somebody;

To cause to catch or be subject to (a disease or bodily condition)

Direct or put; seek an answer to;

To guide or direct, as by persuasion or behavior. Used with an infinitive phrase

Consider obligatory; request and expect;

To yield or produce

Require or ask for as a price or condition;

To bring forth or bear

Address a question to and expect an answer from;

To produce as a result of calculation

Require as useful, just, or proper;

To manifest or show

To carry out (a physical movement)

To permit one to have or take

To take an interest to the extent of

To make gifts or donations

To yield to physical force

To collapse from force or pressure

To yield to change

To afford access or a view; open

(Slang) To be in progress; happen

Capacity or inclination to yield under pressure.

The quality or condition of resilience; springiness

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

To make a present or gift of.

To pledge.

To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).

To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

(intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.

(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).

To provide a view of.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

(obsolete) To become soft or moist.

(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.

(obsolete) To have a misgiving.

(slang) To be going on, to be occurring; what gives?

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.

To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; - used principally in the passive form given.

To allow or admit by way of supposition.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

To pledge; as, to give one's word.

To cause; to make; - with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.

To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

To give a gift or gifts.

To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

To become soft or moist.

To move; to recede.

To shed tears; to weep.

To have a misgiving.

To open; to lead.

The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense;

Be the cause or source of;

Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody;

Convey or reveal information;

Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow;

Organize or be responsible for;

Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

Give as a present; make a gift of;

Bring about;

Dedicate;

Give or supply;

Tell or deposit (information) knowledge;

Bring about;

Leave with; give temporarily;

Emit or utter;

Endure the loss of;

Place into the hands or custody of;

Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

Give (as medicine);

Give or convey physically;

Bestow;

Bestow, especially officially;

Move in order to make room for someone for something;

Give food to;

Contribute to some cause;

Break down, literally or metaphorically;

Estimate the duration or outcome of something;

Execute and deliver;

Deliver in exchange or recompense;

Afford access to;

Present to view;

Perform for an audience;

Be flexible under stress of physical force;

Propose;

Legal use: accord by verdict;

Manifest or show;

Offer in good faith;

Submit for consideration, judgment, or use;

Guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion;

Allow to have or take;

Inflict as a punishment;

Occur;

Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man;

Proffer (a body part);