辽宁行政学院不招生:declare和claim的区别？

chaim表示在日常生活中可以使用的声称、宣称。而declare用作宣称讲的话用在正式场合，表示正式宣布（STATE OFFICIALLY）,比如说官方的或在公共场合。

for example
declare war表示宣战。

declare用在正式场合里的宣称，一般用在重大的事件的宣布。集体，政府用
claim比较随意，多用于个人声称，集体也可用。

declare:1 to announce something clearly, firmly, publicly or officially:
They declared their support for the proposal
[+ (that)] She declared (that) it was the best chocolate cake she had ever tasted.
[+ object + (to be) + noun or adjective] They declared themselves (to be) bankrupt.
[+ speech] "I won't do it!" he declared.
America declared war on Japan in 1941 (= announced officially that it was at war).
FIGURATIVE The government have declared war on (= publicly announced their opposition to) the drug dealers.
The country declared independence in 1952 (= announced that it was no longer under the control of another country).

2 to officially tell someone the value of goods you have bought, or the amount of money you have earned because you might have to pay tax:
Nothing to declare.
Goods to declare.

claim:
1 to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it:
[+ (that)] The company claims (that) it is not responsible for the pollution in the river.
[+ to infinitive] He claims to have met the President, but I don't believe him.
All parties have claimed success in yesterday's elections.
An unknown terrorist group has claimed responsibility for this morning's bomb attack.

2 If an organization or group claims a particular number of members, that number of people are believed to belong to it.

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