Will vs. Can

Willverb

To wish, desire (something).

Willverb

To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).

Willverb

(auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).

Willverb

(auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).

Willverb

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.

Willverb

(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.

Willverb

(archaic) To wish, desire.

Willverb

To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.

Willverb

(transitive) To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).

Willverb

(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

Willnoun

One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

Willnoun

One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

Willnoun

The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

Willnoun

A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.

Willnoun

(archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.

Willnoun

(archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)

Willnoun

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.

Willnoun

The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

Willnoun

The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.

Willnoun

Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.

Willnoun

That which is strongly wished or desired.

Willnoun

Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine.

Willnoun

The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.

Willverb

To wish; to desire; to incline to have.

Willverb

As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.

Willverb

To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire.

Willverb

To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.

Willverb

To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order.

Willverb

To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.

Willverb

To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree.

Willnoun

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention;

Willnoun

a fixed and persistent intent or purpose;

Willnoun

a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die

Willverb

decree or ordain;

Willverb

have in mind;

Willverb

determine by choice;

Willverb

leave or give by will after one's death;

Canverb

To know how to; to be able to.

Canverb

May; to be permitted or enabled to.

Canverb

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.

Canverb

(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.

Canverb

To seal in a can.

Canverb

To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

Canverb

To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

Canverb

To shut up.

Canverb

To fire or dismiss an employee.

Cannoun

A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.

Cannoun

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

Cannoun

A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.

Cannoun

A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.

Cannoun

Buttocks.

Cannoun

(slang) Jail or prison.

Cannoun

Headphones.

Cannoun

(archaic) A drinking cup.

Cannoun

(nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark

Cannoun

A chimney pot.

Can

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

Cannoun

A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.

Cannoun

A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.

Canverb

To preserve by putting in sealed cans

Canverb

To know; to understand.

Canverb

To be able to do; to have power or influence.

Canverb

To be able; - followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

Cannoun

airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

Cannoun

the quantity contained in a can

Cannoun

a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

Cannoun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Cannoun

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Cannoun

a room equipped with toilet facilities

Canverb

preserve in a can or tin;

Canverb

terminate the employment of;

Canverb

be able to

Canverb

be able to through acquired knowledge or skill

Canverb

have the opportunity or possibility to

Canverb

used to express doubt or surprise about the possibility of something's being the case

Canverb

used to indicate that something is typically the case

Canverb

be permitted to

Canverb

used to request someone to do something

Canverb

used to make a suggestion or offer

Canverb

preserve (food) in a can

Canverb

dismiss from a job

Canverb

reject as inadequate

Cannoun

a cylindrical metal container

Cannoun

a small steel or aluminium container in which food or drink is hermetically sealed for storage over long periods

Cannoun

the quantity of food or drink held by a can

Cannoun

prison

Cannoun

the toilet

Cannoun

headphones.

Cannoun

a woman's breasts.