React vs. Respond — What's the Difference?

To act in response to or under the influence of a stimulus or prompting

A respond is a half-pier or half-pillar which is bonded into a wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an arch.

To act in opposition to a former condition or act

To make a reply; answer

To act reciprocally or in return.

To act in return or in answer

(Chemistry) To undergo a reaction

To react to a stimulus or to a treatment, especially in a favorable way

To cause (a substance or substances) to undergo a reaction.

To give as a reply; answer.

(intransitive) To act in response.

A pilaster or half-pier engaged to a wall and carrying one end of an arch or groin, often at the end of an arcade.

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.

To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force

(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.

(ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.

To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.

(transitive) To satisfy; to answer.

To post a reaction icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message.

(intransitive) To be liable for payment.

(Internet) An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.

A response.

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.

To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.

(architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

Show a response or a reaction to something

To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

Undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions;

To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.

Act against or in opposition to;

To answer; to reply.

To suit or accord with; to correspond to.

An answer; a response.

A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.

Show a response or a reaction to something

Reply or respond to;

Respond favorably or as hoped;