Comply wiyh vs conform to

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I assume that "You must comply with the law" and "You must conform to the law" have the same meaning. If so, are there any differences between them? For example, register. Thanks in advance!

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

We don't normally conform to the law.

Voynich · Answer

Thank you very much but I googled "conform to the law" and got tons of results. https://www.google.co.jp/webhp#q=%22conform+to+the+law%22 How should I interpret this?

Fivejedjon · Answer

As you wish.

This https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=conform+to+the+law%2Ccomply+with+the+law%2Cconformed+to+the+law%2Ccomplied+with+the+law&year_start=1950&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cconform%20to%20the%20law%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccomply%20with%20the%20law%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cconformed%20to%20the%20law%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccomplied%20with%20the%20law%3B%2Cc0 suggests that 'comply with the law' is over four times as common as 'conform to the law'.

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