Subscription vs. Subscribe — What's the Difference?

An arrangement to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance

Arrange to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance

A signature or short piece of writing at the end of a document

Express or feel agreement with (an idea or proposal)

A purchase made by signed order, as for a periodical for a specified period of time or for a series of performances.

Sign (a will, contract, or other document)

An agreement to receive or be given access to information or services for a specific period of time, especially over the internet

To pledge or contribute (a sum of money).

Acceptance, as of articles of faith, demonstrated by the signing of one's name.

To sign (one's name) at the end of a document, especially to attest to or authenticate it.

The raising of money from subscribers.

To sign one's name to (a document) in attestation, testimony, or consent

A sum of money so raised.

To purchase or claim the shares of (a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities)

The signing of one's name, as to a document.

To contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for access to a website that is protected by a paywall, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.

Something subscribed.

To agree to an ongoing arrangement by which one receives online content, as from a specific website or a specific user on a website.

Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

To promise to pay or contribute money

The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.

To purchase or claim shares of a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities

The signing of one's name.

To feel or express hearty approval

Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.

To sign one's name to a document.

The act of subscribing.

(ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

That which is subscribed.

To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.

The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination.

To believe or agree with a theory or an idea to}}.

Submission; obedience.

To pay money to be a member of an organization.

That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.

(intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

A method of purchasing items produced periodically in a series, as newspapers or magazines, in which a certain number of the items are delivered as produced, without need for ordering each item individually; also, the purchase thus executed.

(transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.

A payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time

To agree to buy shares in a company.

Agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name

(transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.

A pledged contribution

(archaic) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).

The act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document);

(obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

(obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

To declare over one's signature; to publish.

(intransitive) To indicate interest in the communications made by a person or organization.

To register for notifications about an event or similar.

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.

To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.

To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.

To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

To declare over one's signature; to publish.

To sign one's name to a letter or other document.

To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.

To become surely; - with for.

To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.

To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.

To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.

Offer to buy, as of stocks and shares;

Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on);

Adopt as a belief;

Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals;

Receive or obtain by regular payment;