Commit and Transfer

Commit

Commit verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.
Usage example: commit only some power to each official

Transfer is a synonym for commit in deliver topic. In some cases you can use "Transfer" instead a verb "Commit", when it comes to topics like consign.

Transfer

Transfer verb - To give over the legal possession or ownership of.
Usage example: Claire's grandfather agreed to transfer certain stocks to her when she turned 18

Commit is a synonym for transfer in consign topic. Sometimes you can use "Commit" instead a verb "Transfer", if it concerns topics such as hand over.

Common collocations

control commit control transfer control
way commit way transfer way

Both words in one sentence

  • Murderous Mannequin Nathan Dolly, from Spider-Woman, managed to transfer his essence into two mannequins and used them to commit several crimes.
  • In chapter one of Valkyrie Profile, Lenneth decides to commit a vampire's name to memory after hearing about it after performing soul transfer on Belenus.
    Source: Aborted Arc
  • The Asgard, having exhausted the last attempt to stop their clone degeneration, transfer the sum total of their knowledge to the SGC and commit mass suicide.
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