Commit vs. Commend — What's the Difference?

To do, perform, or perpetrate

Praise formally or officially

To put in trust or charge; entrust

Present as suitable for approval or acceptance; recommend

To consign for future use or for preservation

Entrust someone or something to

To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.

To express approval of; praise

To put into a place to be disposed of or kept safe

To represent as worthy, qualified, or desirable; recommend

To make known the views of (oneself) on an issue

To cause to be worthy of recommendation

To bind, obligate, or devote, as by a pledge

To commit to the care of another; entrust

To refer (a legislative bill, for example) to a committee.

(transitive) To congratulate or reward.

To pledge, obligate, or devote one's own self

(transitive) To praise or acclaim.

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

(transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

(transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.

(transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.

(transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.

(transitive) To recommend.

(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

To adorn; to set off.

(ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.

(obsolete) Commendation; praise.

To make a set of changes permanent.

Compliments; greetings.

To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

To enter into a contest; to match; often followed by with.

To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.

To confound.

To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.

To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.

To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.

To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.

Commendation; praise.

The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.

Compliments; greetings.

(programming) The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.

Express approval of

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; - used with to, unto.

Present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence;

To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

Give to in charge;

To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

Express a good opinion of

To join for a contest; to match; - followed by with.

Mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;

To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; - often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.

To confound.

To sin; esp., to be incontinent.

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;

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

Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;

Confer a trust upon;

Make an investment;