Educate vs. Inform — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Educate and Inform
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Definitions
Educate➦
Give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone), typically at a school or university
She was educated at a boarding school
Inform➦
Inform is a programming language and design system for interactive fiction originally created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. Inform can generate programs designed for the Z-code or Glulx virtual machines.
Educate➦
To develop the mental, moral, or social capabilities of, especially by schooling or instruction.
Inform➦
To impart information to; make aware of something
We were informed by mail of the change in plans. The nurse informed me that visiting hours were over.
Educate➦
To provide with knowledge or training in a particular area or for a particular purpose
Decided to educate herself in foreign languages.
Entered a seminary to be educated for the priesthood.
Inform➦
To acquaint (oneself) with knowledge of a subject.
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Educate➦
To provide with information, as in an effort to gain support for a position or to influence behavior
Hoped to educate the voters about the need for increased spending on public schools.
Inform➦
To give form or character to; imbue with a quality or an essence
"A society's strength is measured by ... its ability to inform a future generation with its moral standards" (Vanity Fair).
Educate➦
To develop or refine (one's taste or appreciation, for example).
Inform➦
To be a formative or characterizing presence in; animate
"It is this brash, backroom sensibility that informs his work as a novelist" (Jeff Shear).
Educate➦
To teach or instruct a person or group.
Inform➦
(Obsolete) To form (the mind or character) by teaching or training.
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Educate➦
To instruct or train
Inform➦
To give or provide information.
Educate➦
To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Inform➦
To disclose confidential or incriminating information to an authority
The defendant informed against the other members of the ring.
Educate➦
Give an education to;
We must educate our youngsters better
Inform➦
To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
Educate➦
Create by training and teaching;
The old master is training world-class violinists
We develop the leaders for the future
Inform➦
(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
Educate➦
Train to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
Cultivate your musical taste
Train your tastebuds
She is well schooled in poetry
Inform➦
(intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.
Inform➦
To act as an informer; denounce.
Inform➦
(transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
His sense of religion informs everything he writes.
Inform➦
To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
Inform➦
To direct, guide.
Inform➦
To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
Inform➦
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Inform➦
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Inform➦
To give form or share to; to give vital or organizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
Let others better mold the running massOf metals, and inform the breathing brass.
Breath informs this fleeting frame.
Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part.
Inform➦
To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; - usually followed by of.
For he would learn their business secretly,And then inform his master hastily.
I am informed thoroughly of the cause.
Inform➦
To communicate a knowledge of facts to, by way of accusation; to warn against anybody.
Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul.
Inform➦
To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
It is the bloody business which informsThus to mine eyes.
Inform➦
To give intelligence or information; to tell.
He might either teach in the same manner, or inform how he had been taught.
Inform➦
Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to;
I informed him of his rights
Inform➦
Give character or essence to;
The principles that inform modern teaching
Inform➦
Act as an informer;
She had informed on her own parents for years