Enroll vs. Register

Enroll vs. Register — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Enroll and Register

Enrollverb

(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

Registernoun

A formal recording of names, events, transactions etc.

The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.

Enrollverb

(transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of

They were eager to enroll new recruits.

Registernoun

A book of such entries.

Enrollverb

(intransitive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)

Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?

Registernoun

An entry in such a book.

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Enrollverb

To envelop; to enwrap.

Registernoun

The act of registering.

Enrollverb

register formally as a participant or member;

The party recruited many new members

Registernoun

A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

Registernoun

One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.

a register of deeds

Registernoun

A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections

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Registernoun

A device that automatically records a quantity.

Registernoun

The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.

Registernoun

(telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.

Registernoun

(computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs or intermediate results of computations.

Registernoun

(printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins and colors.

Registernoun

(printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.

Registernoun

(music) The range of a voice or instrument.

Registernoun

(music) An organ stop.

Registernoun

(linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.

Registernoun

A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.

Registerverb

(transitive) To enter in a register.

Registerverb

(transitive) To enroll, especially to vote.

Registerverb

(transitive) To record, especially in writing.

Registerverb

(ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.

This is a trial version, and will expire in 30 days. Please register!

Registerverb

(transitive) To express outward signs.

Registerverb

To record officially and handle specially.

Registerverb

To adjust so as to be properly aligned.

Registerverb

(intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.

Registerverb

(intransitive) To enroll as a student.

Registerverb

(intransitive) To make an impression.

Registerverb

(intransitive) To be in proper alignment.

Registerverb

(legal) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.

Registernoun

an official written record of names or events or transactions

Registernoun

(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments

Registernoun

a book in which names and transactions are listed

Registernoun

(computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

Registernoun

an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room

Registernoun

a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device

Registernoun

a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

Registerverb

record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

Registerverb

record in a public office or in a court of law;

file for divorcefile a complaint

Registerverb

enroll to vote;

register for an election

Registerverb

be aware of;

Did you register any change when I pressed the button?

Registerverb

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;

The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zeroThe gauge read `empty'

Registerverb

have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

Registerverb

show in one's face;

Her surprise did not register

Registerverb

manipulate the registers of an organ

Registerverb

send by registered mail;

I'd like to register this letter

Registerverb

enter into someone's consciousness;

Did this event register in your parents' minds?