Offer vs. Give — What's the Difference?

To present for acceptance or rejection; proffer

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone)

To put forward for consideration; propose

Cause or allow (someone or something) to have or experience (something); provide with

To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement

Carry out or perform (a specified action)

To present as an act of worship

Yield as a product or result

To propose as payment; bid

Concede (something) as valid or deserved in respect of (someone)

To make available; afford

State or put forward (information or argument)

To present for sale

Alter in shape under pressure rather than resist or break

To provide; furnish

Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure

To exhibit readiness or desire (to do something); volunteer

To make a present of

To engage in; put up

To place in the hands of; pass

To threaten

To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay

To produce or introduce on the stage

To let go for a price; sell

To present an offering in worship or devotion.

To administer

To make an offer or proposal, especially of marriage.

To convey by a physical action

To present itself

To inflict as punishment

(Baseball) To swing at a pitch. Used of a batter.

To bestow, especially officially; confer

The act of offering

To accord or tender to another

Something, such as a suggestion, proposal, bid, or recommendation, that is offered

To put temporarily at the disposal of

(Law) A proposal that if accepted constitutes a legally binding contract.

To entrust to another, usually for a specified reason

The condition of being offered, especially for sale

To communicate, convey, or offer for conveyance

A proposal that has been made.

To endure the loss of; sacrifice

Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

To devote or apply completely

(legal) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.

To furnish or contribute

(used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off

To offer in good faith; pledge

(intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).

To allot as a portion or share.

(transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.

To bestow (a name, for example).

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.

To attribute (blame, for example) to someone; assign.

(transitive) To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.

To award as due

To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.

To emit or utter

(transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.

To submit for consideration, acceptance, or use

(intransitive) To happen, to present itself.

To proffer to another

(obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.

To consent to engage (oneself) in sexual intercourse with another person.

(transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.

To perform for an audience

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; - often with up.

To present to view

To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.

To offer as entertainment

To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me.

To propose as a toast.

To attempt; to undertake.

To be a source of; afford

To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.

To cause to catch or be subject to (a disease or bodily condition)

To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.

To guide or direct, as by persuasion or behavior. Used with an infinitive phrase

To present itself; to be at hand.

To yield or produce

To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; - used with at.

To bring forth or bear

The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

To produce as a result of calculation

That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.

To manifest or show

Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.

To carry out (a physical movement)

The verbal act of offering;

To permit one to have or take

Something offered (as a proposal or bid);

To take an interest to the extent of

A usually brief attempt;

To make gifts or donations

Make available or accessible, provide or furnish;

To yield to physical force

Present for acceptance or rejection;

To collapse from force or pressure

Agree freely;

To yield to change

Put forward for consideration;

To afford access or a view; open

Offer verbally;

(Slang) To be in progress; happen

Make available for sale;

Capacity or inclination to yield under pressure.

Propose a payment;

The quality or condition of resilience; springiness

Produce or introduce on the stage;

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

Present as an act of worship;

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

Mount or put up;

To make a present or gift of.

Make available; provide;

To pledge.

Ask (someone) to marry you;

To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

Threaten to do something;

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).

To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

(intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.

(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).

To provide a view of.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

(obsolete) To become soft or moist.

(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.

(obsolete) To have a misgiving.

(slang) To be going on, to be occurring; what gives?

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.

To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; - used principally in the passive form given.

To allow or admit by way of supposition.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

To pledge; as, to give one's word.

To cause; to make; - with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.

To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

To give a gift or gifts.

To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

To become soft or moist.

To move; to recede.

To shed tears; to weep.

To have a misgiving.

To open; to lead.

The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense;

Be the cause or source of;

Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody;

Convey or reveal information;

Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow;

Organize or be responsible for;

Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

Give as a present; make a gift of;

Bring about;

Dedicate;

Give or supply;

Tell or deposit (information) knowledge;

Bring about;

Leave with; give temporarily;

Emit or utter;

Endure the loss of;

Place into the hands or custody of;

Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

Give (as medicine);

Give or convey physically;

Bestow;

Bestow, especially officially;

Move in order to make room for someone for something;

Give food to;

Contribute to some cause;

Break down, literally or metaphorically;

Estimate the duration or outcome of something;

Execute and deliver;

Deliver in exchange or recompense;

Afford access to;

Present to view;

Perform for an audience;

Be flexible under stress of physical force;

Propose;

Legal use: accord by verdict;

Manifest or show;

Offer in good faith;

Submit for consideration, judgment, or use;

Guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion;

Allow to have or take;

Inflict as a punishment;

Occur;

Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man;

Proffer (a body part);