What is the difference between give up & give in?
"Give up" means to quit or to let go of something:
- The puzzle is too hard! I give up!
- He had to give up his luxury car because he couldn't make the payments.
"Give in" means to surrender or to agree with someone, especially after they begged and nagged for a long time:
- Henry gave in to temptation and ate an entire box of doughnuts.
- Nan finally gave in to her nephew and bought him a PlayStation 4.
- The puzzle is too hard! I give up!
- He had to give up his luxury car because he couldn't make the payments.
"Give in" means to surrender or to agree with someone, especially after they begged and nagged for a long time:
- Henry gave in to temptation and ate an entire box of doughnuts.
- Nan finally gave in to her nephew and bought him a PlayStation 4.
