Include vs. Exclude — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Include and Exclude
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Include
Comprise or contain as part of a whole
Other changes included the abolition of the death penalty
The price includes dinner, bed, and breakfast
Exclude
Deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege
The public were excluded from the board meeting
Include
Make part of a whole or set
We have included some hints for beginners in this section
Exclude
Remove from consideration
One cannot exclude the possibility of a fall in house prices
Include
To contain or take in as a part, element, or member.
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Exclude
To prevent from entering; keep out; bar
A jar sealed to exclude outside air.
An immigration policy that excludes undesirables.
Include
To consider as part of or allow into a group or class
Thanked the host for including us.
Exclude
To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject
The court excluded the improperly obtained evidence.
Include
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
Exclude
To put out; expel.
Include
To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
The vacation package includes car rental.
Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
Up to and including page twenty-five
Exclude
(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
Include
(obsolete) To enclose, confine.
Exclude
(transitive) To expel; to put out.
To exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs
Include
(obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
Exclude
(transitive) To omit from consideration.
Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.
Include
(programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
You have to include the strings library to use this function.
Exclude
To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
Include
(programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
Exclude
To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
Include
To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
Exclude
To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; - the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.
And none but such, from mercy I exclude.
Include
To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.
The whole included race, his purposed prey.
The loss of such a lord includes all harm.
Exclude
To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.
Include
To conclude; to end; to terminate.
Come, let us go; we will include all jarsWith triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.
Exclude
Prevent from being included or considered or accepted;
The bad results were excluded from the report
Leave off the top piece
Include
Have as a part, be made up out of;
The list includes the names of many famous writers
Exclude
Prevent from entering; shut out;
The trees were shutting out all sunlight
This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country
Include
Consider as part of something;
I include you in the list of culprits
Exclude
Lack or fail to include;
The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages
Include
Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category;
We must include this chemical element in the group
Exclude
Prevent from entering; keep out;
He was barred from membership in the club
Include
Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
Admit someone to the profession
She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar
Exclude
Put out or expel from a place;
The child was expelled from the classroom
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