Command vs. Imperative — What's the Difference?

Give an authoritative or peremptory order

Necessary or urgent

Dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height

Expressing a command or plea; peremptory

Be in a strong enough position to have or secure

(Grammar) Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.

An authoritative order

A rule, principle, or need that requires or compels certain action

The ability to use or control something

A command; an order.

An instruction or signal causing a computer to perform one of its basic functions.

The imperative mood.

To direct with authority; give orders to.

A verb form of the imperative mood.

To have control or authority over; rule

Essential; crucial; extremely important.

To have at one's disposal

(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.

To deserve and receive as due; exact

(computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.

To exercise dominating, authoritative influence over

Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.

To dominate by physical position; overlook

The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.

To give orders.

A verb in imperative mood.

To exercise authority or control as or as if one is a commander.

(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

The act of commanding.

Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

An order given with authority.

Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.

(Computers) A signal that initiates an operation defined by an instruction.

Expressive of commund, entreaty, advice, or exhortation; as, the imperative mood.

The authority to command

The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.

Possession and exercise of the authority to command

A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

Ability to control or use; mastery

Some duty that is essential and urgent

Dominance by location; extent of view.

Requiring attention or action;

The jurisdiction of a commander.

Relating to verbs in the imperative mood

A military unit, post, district, or region under the control of one officer.

A unit of the US Air Force that is larger than an air force.

Of, relating to, or constituting a command

Done or performed in response to a command

An order to do something.

The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.

Power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.

The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.

(military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.

Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.

(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.

(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.

A command performance.

(ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

(ambitransitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.

(transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.

(transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.

(transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.

(transitive) To hold, to control the use of.

To have a view, as from a superior position.

(obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.

To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.

To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.

To direct to come; to bestow.

To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.

To have a view, as from a superior position.

An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

The possession or exercise of authority.

Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.

Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.

Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.

A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

A military unit or region under the control of a single officer

The power or authority to command;

Availability for use;

A position of highest authority;

Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;

(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

Be in command of;

Make someone do something

Demand as one's due;

Look down on;

Exercise authoritative control or power over;