Converse vs. Reverse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Converse and Reverse
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Converse
To engage in an exchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language.
Reverse
Turned backward in position, direction, or order
The reverse side of the poster.
Converse
(Archaic) To interact socially with others; associate.
Reverse
Moving, acting, or organized in a manner contrary to the usual
In reverse order.
Converse
An interchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language; conversation.
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Reverse
Causing backward movement
A reverse gear.
Converse
Social interaction.
Reverse
(Printing) Printed in such a way that the normally colored part appears white against a colored or black background.
Converse
Something that has been reversed; an opposite.
Reverse
The opposite or contrary
All along we thought Sue was older than Bill, but just the reverse was true.
Converse
(Logic) A proposition obtained by conversion.
Reverse
The back or rear part
The reverse of the flyer.
Converse
Reversed, as in position, order, or action; contrary.
Reverse
The side of a coin or medal that does not carry the principal design; the verso.
Converse
To talk; to engage in conversation.
Reverse
A change to an opposite position, condition, or direction.
Converse
(followed by with) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
Reverse
A change in fortune from better to worse; a setback
Suffered financial reverses.
Converse
(obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
Reverse
A mechanism, such as a gear in a motor vehicle, that is used to reverse movement.
Converse
Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
Reverse
The position or operating condition of such a mechanism.
Converse
The opposite or reverse.
Reverse
Movement in an opposite direction.
Converse
(logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true.".
All trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true.
Reverse
(Football) An offensive play in which a ball carrier running in one direction executes a handoff to a player running in the opposite direction.
Converse
(semantics) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
Reverse
To turn around to the opposite direction
The wind reversed the weather vane.
Converse
Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal
A converse proposition
Reverse
To turn inside out or upside down
Reverse a jacket.
Converse
To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; - followed by with.
To seek the distant hills, and there converseWith nature.
Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.
But to converse with heaven -This is not easy.
Reverse
To exchange the positions of; transpose
Reversed the people on stage.
Converse
To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; - followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing.
CompanionsThat do converse and waste the time together.
We had conversed so often on that subject.
Reverse
(Law) To change or set aside (a lower court's decision).
Converse
To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; - said of things.
According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety.
Reverse
To cause to adopt a contrary viewpoint
Reversed himself during the campaign.
Converse
Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.
"T is but to holdConverse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled.
Reverse
To change to the opposite
Reversed their planned course of action.
Converse
Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
Formed by thy converse happily to steerFrom grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Reverse
To cause (an engine or mechanism) to function in reverse.
Converse
A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.
Reverse
To direct that (a charge) apply to the person receiving instead of making a telephone call.
Converse
A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.
Reverse
To turn or move in the opposite direction.
Converse
Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
Reverse
To reverse the action of an engine.
Converse
A proposition obtained by conversion
Reverse
Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.
The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.
Converse
Carry on a conversation
Reverse
Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
He selected reverse gear.
Converse
Of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other;
`parental' and `filial' are converse terms
Reverse
To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
Converse
Turned about in order or relation;
Transposed letters
Reverse
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
Reverse
(botany) Reversed.
A reverse shell
Reverse
(genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
Reverse
In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.
Reverse
The opposite of something.
We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true.
Reverse
The act of going backwards; a reversal.
Reverse
A piece of misfortune; a setback.
Reverse
The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
Reverse
The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
Reverse
The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
Reverse
A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
Reverse
(surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
Reverse
(transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
To reverse the order of books on a shelf
To reverse a portion of video footage
Reverse
(transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
Reverse
(transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
Reverse
(transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
All trends reverse eventually.
Reverse
To return, come back.
Reverse
To turn away; to cause to depart.
Reverse
To cause to return; to recall.
Reverse
(legal) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
To reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
Reverse
To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
Reverse
(chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
Reverse
To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
Reverse
To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
Reverse
To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
Reverse
To overthrow; to subvert.
Reverse
(computing) reverse-engineer
Reverse
Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
Reverse
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
He found the sea diverseWith many a windy storm reverse.
Reverse
Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
Reverse
That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.
He did so with the reverse of the lance.
Reverse
That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
And then mistook reverse of wrong for right.
To make everything the reverse of what they have seen, is quite as easy as to destroy.
Reverse
The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
The strange reverse of fate you see;I pitied you, now you may pity me.
By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.
Reverse
The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.
Reverse
A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
Reverse
A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
Reverse
To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
And that old dame said many an idle verse,Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse.
Reverse
To cause to return; to recall.
And to his fresh remembrance did reverseThe ugly view of his deformed crimes.
Reverse
To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
Reverse the doom of death.
She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray.
Reverse
To turn upside down; to invert.
A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.
Reverse
Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
These can divide, and these reverse, the state.
Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good and evil.
Reverse
To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.
Reverse
To return; to revert.
Reverse
To become or be reversed.
Reverse
A relation of direct opposition;
We thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
Reverse
The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
Reverse
An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
Reverse
The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
Reverse
(American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
Reverse
Turning in the opposite direction
Reverse
Change to the contrary;
The trend was reversed
The tides turned against him
Public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern
Reverse
Turn inside out or upside down
Reverse
Rule against;
The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
Reverse
Annul by recalling or rescinding;
He revoked the ban on smoking
Lift an embargo
Vacate a death sentence
Reverse
Directed or moving toward the rear;
A rearward glance
A rearward movement
Reverse
Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
Reverse
Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle;
In reverse gear
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