Inform vs. Persuade

Informverb

To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

Persuadeverb

(transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.

‘That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.’;

Informverb

(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.

Persuadeverb

To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).

Informverb

(intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.

Persuadeverb

To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.

Informverb

To act as an informer; denounce.

Persuadeverb

To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

‘Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.’; ‘We will persuade him, be it possible.’;

Informverb

(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.’;

Persuadeverb

To try to influence.

‘Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you.’;

Informverb

To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.

Persuadeverb

To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.

‘Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you.’;

Informverb

To direct, guide.

Persuadeverb

To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.

Informverb

To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

Persuadeverb

To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.

Informadjective

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

Persuadenoun

Persuasion.

Informadjective

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

Persuadeverb

win approval or support for;

‘Carry all before one’; ‘His speech did not sway the voters’;

Informverb

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.’;

Persuadeverb

cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm;

‘You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!’;

Informverb

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.’;

Persuadeverb

induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument

‘it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing’;

Informverb

To communicate a knowledge of facts to, by way of accusation; to warn against anybody.

‘Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul.’;

Persuadeverb

cause (someone) to believe something, especially after a sustained effort; convince

‘health boards were finally persuaded of the desirability of psychiatric units’; ‘he did everything he could to persuade the police that he was the robber’;

Informverb

To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

‘It is the bloody business which informsThus to mine eyes.’;

Persuadeverb

(of a situation or event) provide a sound reason for (someone) to do something

‘the cost of the manor's restoration persuaded them to take in guests’;

Informverb

To give intelligence or information; to tell.

‘He might either teach in the same manner, or inform how he had been taught.’;

Informverb

impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to;

‘I informed him of his rights’;

Informverb

give character or essence to;

‘The principles that inform modern teaching’;

Informverb

act as an informer;

‘She had informed on her own parents for years’;

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.