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Nhật Bình Posted 5 years ago
Vocabulary

Title vs Entitle

Could you tell me the difference between title and entitle?

  

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t Bình Could you tell me the difference between title and entitle? This is a nitpicker's bone of contention, if you'll excuse the mixed metaphor. The dictionaries tell you all you need to know, and you should make your own decision.

— Anonymous

  • t Bình Could you tell me the difference between title and entitle?
  • This is a nitpicker's bone of contention, if you'll excuse the mixed metaphor.
  • The dictionaries tell you all you need to know, and you should make your own decision.
  • I use "titled" for the verb meaning "having the title of".
  • The latest citation in the OED for "entitled" in that sense is from 1793, but very few people read the OED , more's the pity.
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Nh?t BìnhCould you tell me the difference between title and entitle?

This is a nitpicker's bone of contention, if you'll excuse the mixed metaphor. The dictionaries tell you all you need to know, and you should make your own decision. I use "titled" for the verb meaning "having the title of". The latest citation in the OED for "entitled" in that sens

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The verb "title" is, in contemporary English, used much more frequently than "entitle" with the same meaning (to name a work of art, literature, video, and other production.), especially when the author or creator is named or known..

The winner within, as Riley titled his recent book, was a big loser this season.
The painting, then titled The Alchemist, w

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