Convert vs. Convince — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Convert and Convince
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Convert
To change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product; transform
Convert water into ice.
Convince
To cause (someone) by the use of argument or evidence to believe something or to take a course of action.
Convert
To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another; adapt to a new or different purpose
Convert a forest into farmland.
Convince
To prove to be wrong or guilty.
Convert
To persuade or induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
Convert pagans to Christianity.
Was converted to pacifism by the war.
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Convince
To conquer; overpower.
Convert
To exchange for something of equal value
Convert assets into cash.
Convince
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good.
Convert
To express (a quantity) in alternative units
Converting feet into meters.
Convince
To persuade.
Convert
(Logic) To transform (a proposition) by conversion.
Convince
To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
Convert
(Law) To appropriate (another's property) without right to one's own use.
Convince
To confute; to prove wrong.
Convert
To complete (a conversion, penalty shot, or free throw) successfully.
Convince
To prove guilty; to convict.
Convert
To score (a spare) in bowling.
Convince
To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
His two chamberlainsWill I with wine and wassail so convinceThat memory, the warder of the brain,Shall be a fume.
Convert
To undergo a conversion
We converted to Islam several years ago.
Convince
To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.
Convert
To be converted
A sofa that converts into a bed.
Arms factories converting to peacetime production.
Convince
To confute; to prove the fallacy of.
God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Convert
(Football) To make a conversion.
Convince
To prove guilty; to convict.
Which of you convinceth me of sin?
Seek not to convince me of a crimeWhich I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon.
Convert
(Sports) To shoot and score a goal, especially immediately after receiving a pass or gaining control of a rebound.
Convince
Make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something;
He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product
Convert
One who has been converted, especially from one religion or belief to another.
Convert
(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
A kettle converts water into steam.
Convert
(transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
He converted his garden into a tennis court.
Convert
(transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief see also sense 11.
They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
Convert
(transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
We converted our pounds into euros.
Convert
(transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
Convert
(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
How do you convert feet into metres?
Convert
To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
Convert
To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
Convert
To score (especially a penalty kick).
Convert
To score a spare.
Convert
(intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief see also sense 3.
We’ve converted to Methodism.
Convert
(intransitive) To become converted.
The chair converts into a bed.
Convert
To cause to turn; to turn.
Convert
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
Convert
To turn into another language; to translate.
Convert
To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.
Convert
To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.
Convert
To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.
Convert
A person who has converted to a religion.
They were all converts to Islam.
Convert
A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
Convert
(Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby
Convert
To cause to turn; to turn.
O, which way shall I first convert myself?
Convert
To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
If the whole atmosphere were converted into water.
That still lessensThe sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.
Convert
To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.
No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
Convert
To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death.
Convert
To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny.
Convert
To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
Convert
To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
Convert
To turn into another language; to translate.
Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted.
Convert
To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted.
A red dust which converth into worms.
The public hopeAnd eye to thee converting.
Convert
A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.
The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images.
Convert
A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.
Convert
A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
Convert
Change the nature, purpose, or function of something;
Convert lead into gold
Convert hotels into jails
Convert slaves to laborers
Convert
Change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy;
We converted from 220 to 110 Volt
Convert
Change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief;
She converted to Buddhism
Convert
Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category;
Could you convert my dollars into pounds?
He changed his name
Convert centimeters into inches
Convert holdings into shares
Convert
Cause to adopt a new or different faith;
The missionaries converted the Indian population
Convert
Score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone;
Smith converted and his team won
Convert
Complete successfully;
Score a penalty shot or free throw
Convert
Score (a spare)
Convert
Make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something;
He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product
Convert
Exchange a penalty for a less severe one
Convert
Change in nature, purpose, or function; especially undergo a chemical change;
The substance converts to an acid
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