Imply vs. Entail

Implyverb

to have as a necessary consequence

‘The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal’;

Entailverb

(transitive) To imply or require.

‘This activity will entail careful attention to detail.’;

Implyverb

to suggest by logical inference

‘When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown’;

Entailverb

(transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.

Implyverb

to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement

‘What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?’;

Entailverb

To appoint hereditary possessor.

Implyverb

(archaic) to enfold, entangle.

Entailverb

To cut or carve in an ornamental way.

Implyverb

To infold or involve; to wrap up.

Entailnoun

That which is entailed. Hence:

Implyverb

To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.

‘Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied.’; ‘When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services.’;

Entailnoun

An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.

Implyverb

To refer, ascribe, or attribute.

‘Whence might this distaste arise?’; ‘If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.To which I most imply it.’;

Entailnoun

The rule by which the descent is fixed.

Implyverb

express or state indirectly

Entailnoun

(obsolete) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

Implyverb

suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

Entailnoun

That which is entailed.

‘A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates.’;

Implyverb

have as a logical consequence;

‘The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers’;

Entailnoun

Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

Implyverb

suggest that someone is guilty

Entailverb

To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; - said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.

‘Allowing them to entail their estates.’; ‘I here entailThe crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.’;

Implyverb

have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail;

‘This decision involves many changes’;

Entailverb

To appoint hereditary possessor.

‘To entail him and his heirs unto the crown.’;

Entailverb

To cut or carve in an ornamental way.

‘Entailed with curious antics.’;

Entailnoun

land received by fee tail

Entailnoun

the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

Entailverb

have as a logical consequence;

‘The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers’;

Entailverb

impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result;

‘What does this move entail?’;

Entailverb

limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

Entailverb

involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence

‘a situation which entails considerable risks’;

Entailverb

have as a logically necessary consequence.

Entailverb

limit the inheritance of (property) over a number of generations so that ownership remains within a particular family or group

‘her father's estate was entailed on a cousin’;

Entailverb

cause to experience or possess (something) permanently or inescapably

‘I cannot get rid of the disgrace which you have entailed upon us’;

Entailnoun

a limitation of the inheritance of property to certain heirs over a number of generations

‘landed property was governed by primogeniture and entail’; ‘the damage being done in England by entails’;

Entailnoun

a property bequeathed under an entail

‘the spinning mills were not part of the entail’;