Instill vs. Install — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Instill and Install
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Instill
To introduce by gradual, persistent efforts; implant
"Morality ... may be instilled into their minds" (Thomas Jefferson).
Install
Place or fix (equipment or machinery) in position ready for use
We're planning to install a new shower
Instill
To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
Install
Place (someone) in a new position of authority, especially with ceremony
He was installed as Prime Minister in 1966
Instill
To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
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Install
To connect or set in position and prepare for use
Installed the new furnace.
Installed software on my computer.
Instill
To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
Install
To induct into an office, rank, or position
A ceremony to install the new governor.
Instill
To drop in; to pour in drop by drop.
That starlight dewsAll silently their tears of love instill.
Install
To settle in an indicated place or condition; establish
Installed myself in the spare room.
Instill
To infuse (knowledge or attitudes) into the mind of another, slowly or gradually; to impart gradually; to cause to be imbibed.
How hast thou instilledThy malice into thousands.
Install
(transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use
Instill
Impart gradually;
Her presence instilled faith into the children
Transfuse love of music into the students
Install
To transfer software onto a device's permanent storage and put it in a state where it is ready to be run when needed, usually decompressing it if necessary and performing any necessary pre-first-run configuration.
I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
Instill
Enter drop by drop;
Instill medication into my eye
Install
(transitive) To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
Instill
Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of;
Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
Install
(transitive) To establish or settle in.
I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.
Instill
Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions;
Inculcate values into the young generation
Install
(computing) Installer. A software utility that installs an application.
After inserting the disk, you need to run the install.
Instill
Fill, as with a certain quality;
The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
Install
(informal) An installation. Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation. is this a computing sense? or an art installation, or what?
Install
To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.
She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside.
Install
To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.
UnworthilyThou wast installed in that high degree.
Install
Set up for use;
Install the washer and dryer
We put in a new sink
Install
Put into an office or a position;
The new president was installed immediately after the election
Install
Place;
Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
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