Command and Tell

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Command

Command verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

Usage example: the general commanded his troops with Caesar-like imperiousness

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Tell is a synonym for command in order topic. In some cases you can use "Tell" instead a verb "Command", when it comes to topics like demand, over.

Nearby Words: commanding, commanded, commander, commandment, commandant

Tell

Tell verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

Usage example: told us to sit still and wait

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Command is a synonym for tell in demand topic. You can use "Command" instead a verb "Tell", if it concerns topics such as communicate, instruct, over.

Nearby Words: telling, teller

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Common collocations

people	command people	tell people
name	command name	tell name
way	command way	tell way
world	command world	tell world
Other words: side, anyone, times, players.

Both words in one sentence

When he has to tell Hornblower to hand over his ship, he's clearly reluctant and does as much as he can to soften the blow, promising to recommend him to command of a ship-of-the-line.

Source: Literature / Horatio Hornblower
Mercy Kill: If you tell DeBeers that Everett has no intentions of healing him, he will command you to do this to him.

Source: Video Game / Deus Ex
Bruce: As you command, but be good to me, or I'll tell Gotham about this cave hidden under its civic center.

Source: Comic Book / Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl

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