Subscribe vs. Follow — What's the Difference?

Arrange to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance

Go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind

Express or feel agreement with (an idea or proposal)

Come after in time or order

Sign (a will, contract, or other document)

Act according to (an instruction or precept)

To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).

Pay close attention to

To sign (one's name) at the end of a document, especially to attest to or authenticate it.

Practise (a trade or profession).

To sign one's name to (a document) in attestation, testimony, or consent

To come or go after; proceed behind

To purchase or claim the shares of (a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities)

To go after in pursuit

To contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for access to a website that is protected by a paywall, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.

To keep under surveillance

To agree to an ongoing arrangement by which one receives online content, as from a specific website or a specific user on a website.

To move along the course of; take

To promise to pay or contribute money

To move in the direction of; be guided by

To purchase or claim shares of a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities

To lie in the same path as

To feel or express hearty approval

To be parallel to

To sign one's name to a document.

To accept the guidance, command, or leadership of

(ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

To adhere to; practice

To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.

To take as a model or precedent; imitate

To believe or agree with a theory or an idea to}}.

To act in agreement or compliance with; obey

To pay money to be a member of an organization.

To keep to or stick to

(intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

To engage in (a trade or occupation); work at.

(transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.

To come after in order, time, or position

To agree to buy shares in a company.

To bring something about at a later time than or as a consequence of

(transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.

To occur or be evident as a consequence of

(archaic) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).

To watch or observe closely

(obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

To be attentive to; pay close heed to

(obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

To keep oneself informed of the course, progress, or fortunes of

To declare over one's signature; to publish.

To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand

(intransitive) To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.

To come, move, or take place after another person or thing in order or time.

To register for notifications about an event or similar.

To occur or be evident as a consequence; result

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

To grasp the meaning or reasoning of something; understand.

To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.

(Games) A billiards shot in which the cue ball is struck above center so that it follows the path of the object ball after impact.

To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.

(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.

To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.

(ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).

To declare over one's signature; to publish.

(transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).

To sign one's name to a letter or other document.

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.

(transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

To become surely; - with for.

To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.

(ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.

(transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.

In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

Offer to buy, as of stocks and shares;

(social media) The act of following another user's online activity.

Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on);

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

Adopt as a belief;

To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals;

To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

Receive or obtain by regular payment;

To copy after; to take as an example.

To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.

To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

To go or come after; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.

To travel behind, go after, come after;

Be later in time;

Come as a logical consequence; follow logically;

Travel along a certain course;

Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

Come after in time, as a result;

Behave in accordance or in agreement with;

Be next;

Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

To bring something about at a later time than;

Imitate in behavior; take as a model;

Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Follow with the eyes or the mind;

Be the successor (of);

Perform an accompaniment to;

Keep informed;

To be the product or result;

Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;

Adhere to or practice;

Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;

Keep under surveillance;

Follow in or as if in pursuit;

Grasp the meaning;

Keep to;