Except vs. Exempt

By Jaxson

  • Except (verb)

    To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

  • Except (verb)

    To take exception, to object (to or against).

    “to except to a witness or his testimony”

  • Except (preposition)

    With the exception of; but.

    “There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.”

  • Except (conjunction)

    With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

    “You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair.”

    “I never made fun of her except teasingly.”

  • Except (conjunction)

    Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.

  • Exempt (adjective)

    Free from a duty or obligation.

    “In their country all women are exempt from military service.”

    “His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.”

  • Exempt (adjective)

    Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.

  • Exempt (adjective)

    Cut off; set apart.

  • Exempt (adjective)

    Extraordinary; exceptional.

  • Exempt (noun)

    One who has been released from something.

  • Exempt (noun)

    A type of French police officer.

  • Exempt (noun)

    One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.

  • Exempt (verb)

    To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.

    “Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.”

Wiktionary
  • Except (preposition)

    not including; other than

    “they work every day except Sunday”

    “I was naked except for my socks”

  • Except (conjunction)

    used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made

    “I didn’t tell him anything, except that I needed the money”

    “our berets were the same except mine was blue”

  • Except (conjunction)

    unless

    “she never offered advice, except it were asked of her”

  • Except (verb)

    specify as excluded from a category or group

    “five classes of advertisement are excepted from control”

  • Exempt (adjective)

    free from an obligation or liability imposed on others

    “a tax-exempt savings plan”

    “these patients are exempt from all charges”

  • Exempt (verb)

    free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others

    “they were exempted from paying the tax”

  • Exempt (noun)

    a person who is exempt from something, especially the payment of tax.

Oxford Dictionary

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