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What is the difference between answer and reply ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between answer and reply ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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according to dictionary :
reply : say something in response to something someone has said
ex: ·His answer surprised us
answer : something spoken or written in reply to a question
ex: -I called out to them, but no one replied .
-He didn't reply to her greeting.
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They mean the same thing, but "reply" is the formal word, and "answer" is the word that is used commonly.
(Both words can be used in either formal or informal English.)
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- English (UK)
Answer :
Say – write something or do in response
Think carefully before you answer.
Did you answer to his question?
Satisfy, be suitable for something
Her new boyfriend was the answer to her dreams.
Correspond to a match the description of something / somebody
The photograph answers to the description of the wanted man.
Be responsible or blames of something
You will have to answer for your crimes one day.
Speak on behalf of somebody or in support of something
I agree but I can not answer for him.
As I know her well, I can certainly answer for her honesty.
Be responsible to somebody
Which manager do you answer to in your new job?
You will answer to me for any damage to the car.
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Respond to a letter
She did not respond to my letter.
You have to respond to this letter within
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