What's the difference between commend and remember?

Commend


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
  • (v. t.) To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
  • (v. t.) To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.
  • (v. t.) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.
  • (n.) Commendation; praise.
  • (n.) Compliments; greetings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Last week, the army major who ordered Dar to be tied to the vehicle was awarded a commendation for his counter-insurgency work in the region.
  • (2) With commendable alacrity, meanwhile, the developers at art-game co-operative KOOPmode have already released a downloadable satire on how Facebook might work in 3D , graced with the irresistible tagline: "Scroll Facebook … with your face".
  • (3) This lustrous amber oil looks lovely and is commended for its "subtle", more neutral flavour.
  • (4) Furthermore, rodents frequently develop immunity to, and become carriers of, these organisms, and there is little to commend their use, except in lightly populated areas where control is infrequently applied.
  • (5) In the circumstances, they showed commendable resolve not to allow all the changes and disruption to break their supremacy.
  • (6) Channel 4 News is to be commended for pioneering this move, particularly as a mere 0.4% of British journalists are Muslim , according to study by City University.
  • (7) The illustrated format was commended by students for its clinical relevance but certain problems with the reproduction of radiographs and the selection of data have been revealed.
  • (8) Patients, family members, and a physician wrote letters of commendation regardless of the LOS, payer source, total charges, time spent with the patient, and personnel who provided the care.
  • (9) The satisfactory results commend the procedure, which has yet to gain global acceptance.
  • (10) Whatever the answer, this is a brave move and I commend her.
  • (11) The president then commended Jackson as “proof of what a young person can accomplish free of drink or drug abuse”.
  • (12) The problems of monitoring children whilst they receive radiotherapy under general anaesthesia are discussed, the merits of different methods are reviewed and the use of the capnograph is commended.
  • (13) "We are managing an unprecedented situation and all the staff involved should be commended for their dedication and hard work during this difficult time," said a Prison Service spokesperson.
  • (14) Bryant told the committee that he commended the current Yard inquiry under Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers.
  • (15) Glasgow city council and the emergency services are also to be commended, firstly for their rigorous scrutiny of the proposal and secondly for having the courage to grant the first approval.
  • (16) President Obama, while commendably showing her mercy, also oversaw a justice department that prosecuted more whistleblowers than all other administrations combined, while casting an unmistakable chill over investigative reporting and press freedom.
  • (17) It said the bishop was "commended" to it by the then archbishop of Rwanda, Emmanuel Kolini.
  • (18) "We commend our soldiers for exhibiting resolve even while under heavy fire."
  • (19) Two criteria (willingness and medical benefit) are commended in the context of initiating treatment, while three distinctions (willing v unwilling, passive v active, and terminal v nonterminal) are found to be particularly helpful when deciding if treatment should be terminated.
  • (20) Work in Europe and the US over the past two years has commended aspirin as an anti-blood clotting agent for heart and stroke sufferers.

Remember


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates.
  • (v. t.) To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion.
  • (v. t.) To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.
  • (v. t.) To mention.
  • (v. t.) To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.
  • (v. i.) To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I'm married to an Irish woman, and she remembers in the atmosphere stirred up in the 1970s people spitting on her.
  • (2) I remember talking to an investment banker about what it felt like in the City before the closure of Lehman Brothers.
  • (3) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
  • (4) Do [MPs] remember the madness of those advertisements that talked of the cool fresh mountain air of menthol cigarettes?
  • (5) "I was eight in 1983, but I remember a plane that flew low over our Bulawayo suburb and army loud-hailers screaming: 'You are surrounded.'
  • (6) In addition, PDBu-treated subjects showed signs of having remembered the location of the platform better than controls when tested 24 h later.
  • (7) He captivated me, but not just because of his intellect; it was for his wisdom, his psychological insights and his sense of humour that I will always remember our dinners together.
  • (8) It is emphasized that the knowledge of the behavior and regulation of SO is incomplete and that this should be remembered when criteria for SOD are applied.
  • (9) 5.13pm BST "As I remember September 11, 2012, it was a routine day at our embassy," Hicks begins.
  • (10) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
  • (11) I'll admit to not having realised that more than £100bn would be committed to Trident – I half-remembered reading that it would cost £20bn, so went online, only to discover that the higher figure checks out .
  • (12) If they fall, they fall; and when they do, that is the part people remember.
  • (13) 11.57pm BST "Can anyone remember anything, anything at all, from the debates four years ago?
  • (14) Using the Italian I distantly remember from my year abroad in Florence as a student (mi chiama Hadley!
  • (15) Also remember that each time you apply for a loan your credit record is checked, which will leave a footprint of the search.
  • (16) Your gas bills should give a figure for your usage each quarter – but remember you use very little in the summer months, so you'll need to add up the total across all four quarters.
  • (17) But remember that you have chosen one of the toughest, most competitive industries around!
  • (18) I remember seeing the film and walking on air as I emerged in Leicester Square, recklessly crossing roads as if no car could damage me.
  • (19) He said that he didn't remember where that company was based.
  • (20) "And remember," she said, "who first exposed the scandal of tax avoidance?