Due vs. Sue — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Due and Sue
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Due
Payable immediately or on demand.
Sue
(Law) To initiate or pursue legal proceedings against (another party).
Due
Owed as a debt; owing
The amount still due.
Sue
(Archaic) To court; woo.
Due
In accord with right, convention, or courtesy; appropriate
Due esteem.
All due respect.
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Sue
(Obsolete) To make a petition to; appeal to; beseech.
Due
Meeting special requirements; sufficient
We have due cause to honor them.
Sue
(Law) To initiate or pursue legal proceedings; bring suit.
Due
Expected or scheduled, especially appointed to arrive
Their plane is due in 15 minutes.
Sue
To make an appeal or entreaty
"When you have gone too far to recede, do not sue to me for leniency" (Charles Dickens).
Due
Expected to give birth.
Sue
(Archaic) To pursue a courtship; woo.
Due
Anticipated; looked for
A long due promotion.
Sue
(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
Sue someone for selling a faulty product
I plan to sue you for everything you have.
Due
Expecting or ready for something as part of a normal course or sequence
We're due for some rain. This batter is due for another hit.
Sue
(ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
Due
Entitled to
I always give people the respect that they are due.
Sue
To clean (the beak, etc.).
Due
Capable of being attributed. See Usage Note at due to.
Sue
To leave high and dry on shore.
To sue a ship
Due
Something owed or deserved
You finally received your due.
Sue
To court.
Due
Dues A charge or fee for membership, as in a club or organization.
Sue
To follow.
Due
Straight; directly
Go due west.
Sue
To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
For yet there was no man that haddle him sued.
I was beloved of many a gentle knight,And sued and sought with all the service due.
Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me.
Due
(Archaic) Duly.
Sue
To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
Due
Owed or owing.
He is due four weeks of back pay.
The amount due is just three quid.
The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.
He can wait for the amount due him.
Sue
To clean, as the beak; - said of a hawk.
Due
Appropriate.
With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
Sue
To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
Due
Scheduled; expected.
Rain is due this afternoon.
The train is due in five minutes.
When is your baby due?
Sue
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
By adverse destiny constrained to sueFor counsel and redress, he sues to you.
Cæsar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship.
The Indians were defeated and sued for peace.
Due
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
The baby is just about due.
Sue
To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
Due
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
Sue
To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
Due
On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.
Sue
To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
Due
(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
The river runs due north for about a mile.
Sue
French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
Due
Deserved acknowledgment.
Give him his due — he is a good actor.
Sue
Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination
Due
(in plural dues) A membership fee.
Due
That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
Due
Right; just title or claim.
Due
Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
Due
Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.
Her obedience, which is due to me.
With dirges due, in sad array,Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne.
Due
Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.
Due
Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.
Due
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
This effect is due to the attraction of the sun.
Due
Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
Due
That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.
He will give the devil his due.
Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.
Due
Right; just title or claim.
The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep.
Due
To endue.
Due
That which is deserved or owed;
Give the devil his due
Due
A payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership);
The society dropped him for non-payment of dues
Due
Owed and payable immediately or on demand;
Payment is due
Due
Proper and appropriate; fitting;
Richly deserved punishment
Due esteem
Due
Scheduled to arrive;
The train is due in 15 minutes
Due
Suitable to or expected in the circumstances;
All due respect
Due cause to honor them
A long due promotion
In due course
Due
Reasonable in the circumstances;
Gave my comments due consideration
Exercising due care
Due
Directly or exactly; straight;
Went due North
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