Start vs. Commence

Startnoun

The beginning of an activity.

Startnoun

A sudden involuntary movement.

Startnoun

The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.

Startnoun

An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.

Startnoun

(horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.

Startnoun

An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.

Startverb

(transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.

Startverb

To set in motion.

Startverb

To begin.

Startverb

To initiate operation of a vehicle or machine.

Startverb

To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).

Startverb

To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.

Startverb

(intransitive) To begin an activity.

Startverb

(intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin.

Startverb

To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.

Startverb

(intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise.

Startverb

(intransitive) To awaken suddenly.

Startverb

(transitive) To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.

Startverb

(transitive) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.

Startverb

(intransitive) To break away, to come loose.

Startverb

To put into play.

Startverb

To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.

Startverb

To start one's periods (menstruation).

Startverb

To leap; to jump.

Startverb

To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.

Startverb

To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start in business.

Startverb

To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.

Startverb

To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.

Startverb

To bring into being or into view; to originate; to invent.

Startverb

To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.

Startverb

To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.

Startverb

To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.

Startnoun

The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.

Startnoun

A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.

Startnoun

A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.

Startnoun

The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; - opposed to finish.

Startnoun

A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.

Startnoun

The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.

Startnoun

The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.

Startnoun

The arm, or lever, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

Startnoun

A Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union which provided for stepwise reductions in the number of nuclear weapons possessed by each country.

Startnoun

the beginning of anything;

Startnoun

the time at which something is supposed to begin;

Startnoun

a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning);

Startnoun

a sudden involuntary movement;

Startnoun

the act of starting something;

Startnoun

a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

Startnoun

a signal to begin (as in a race);

Startnoun

advantage gained by an early start as in a race;

Startverb

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

Startverb

set in motion, cause to start;

Startverb

leave;

Startverb

have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense;

Startverb

bring into being;

Startverb

get off the ground;

Startverb

move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;

Startverb

get going or set in motion;

Startverb

begin or set in motion;

Startverb

begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;

Startverb

play in the starting line-up

Startverb

have a beginning characterized in some specified way;

Startverb

begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object;

Startverb

begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space; come into being

Startverb

embark on a continuing action or a new venture

Startverb

use a particular point, action, or circumstance as an opening for a course of action

Startverb

begin to move or travel

Startverb

begin to engage in (an occupation), live through (a period), or attend (an educational establishment)

Startverb

begin one's working life

Startverb

cost at least a specified amount

Startverb

cause to happen or begin

Startverb

cause (a machine) to begin to work

Startverb

(of a machine) begin operating or being used

Startverb

cause or enable to begin doing something

Startverb

give a signal to (competitors) to start in a race.

Startverb

jerk or give a small jump from surprise or alarm

Startverb

move or appear suddenly

Startverb

(of eyes) bulge so as to appear to burst out of their sockets

Startverb

be displaced or displace by pressure or shrinkage

Startverb

rouse (game) from its lair.

Startnoun

the point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning

Startnoun

the point or moment at which a race begins

Startnoun

an act of beginning to do or deal with something

Startnoun

used to indicate that a useful initial contribution has been made but that more remains to be done

Startnoun

a person's position or circumstances at the beginning of their life

Startnoun

an advantage consisting in having set out in a race or on a journey earlier than one's rivals

Startnoun

a sudden movement of surprise or alarm

Startnoun

a surprising occurrence

Commenceverb

(intransitive) To begin, start.

Commenceverb

(transitive) To begin to be, or to act as.

Commenceverb

To take a degree at a university.

Commenceverb

To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

Commenceverb

To begin to be, or to act as.

Commenceverb

To take a degree at a university.

Commenceverb

To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.

Commenceverb

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

Commenceverb

set in motion, cause to start;

Commenceverb

get off the ground;

Commenceverb

begin