Bestow vs. Endow — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bestow and Endow
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Bestow
Confer or present (an honour, right, or gift)
The office was bestowed on him by the monarch of this realm
Endow
To provide with property, income, or a source of income.
Bestow
To present as a gift or an honor; confer
Bestowed high praise on the winners.
Endow
To equip or supply with a talent or quality
Nature endowed you with a beautiful singing voice.
Bestow
To apply; use
"On Hester Prynne's story ... I bestowed much thought" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
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Endow
To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality
Endowed the family pet with human intelligence.
Bestow
To place or stow
"He bestowed [the money] in his pockets with feigned composure" (James Joyce).
Endow
(Obsolete) To provide with a dower.
Bestow
To store or house.
Endow
(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
Bestow
To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.
Endow
(transitive) Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
Bestow
To apply (money) for some purpose; to expend, to spend.
Lay out
Endow
(transitive) Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something).
She was endowed with a beautiful voice.
Bestow
To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give.
Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
Endow
To provide with a husband]]'s property or a given]] to a bride.
Bestow
(archaic)
Endow
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
Endowing hospitals and almshouses.
Bestow
To place or put (someone or something) somewhere or in a certain situation; to dispose of.
Endow
To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); - followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.
Bestow
To deposit (something) for safekeeping; to lay up (something) in store; to stow.
Endow
Give qualities or abilities to
Bestow
To provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation; to find quarters for (someone or oneself); to lodge, to quarter.
Endow
Furnish with an endowment;
When she got married, she got dowered
Bestow
(obsolete)
Bestow
(reflexive) To behave or conduct (oneself); to acquit.
Bestow
To give (someone or oneself) in marriage.
Bestow
An act of presenting a thing to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; a bestowal.
Bestow
To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.
See that the women are bestowed in safety.
Bestow
To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation.
Bestow
To expend, as money.
Bestow
To give or confer; to impart; - with on or upon.
Empire is on us bestowed.
Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor.
Bestow
To give in marriage.
I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
Bestow
To demean; to conduct; to behave; - followed by a reflexive pronoun.
How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ?
Bestow
Present;
The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated
Bestow an honor on someone
Bestow
Give as a gift
Bestow
Bestow a quality on;
Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
The music added a lot to the play
She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings
This adds a light note to the program
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