teach, instruct, educate, train, discipline, school mean to cause to acquire knowledge or skill.

teach applies to any manner of imparting information or skill so that others may learn.

instruct suggests methodical or formal teaching.

educate implies development of the mind.

train stresses instruction and drill with a specific end in view.

discipline implies training in habits of order and precision.

school implies training or disciplining especially in what is hard to master.

command, order, bid, enjoin, direct, instruct, charge mean to issue orders.

command and order imply authority and usually some degree of formality and impersonality.

command stresses official exercise of authority.

order may suggest peremptory or arbitrary exercise.

bid suggests giving orders peremptorily (as to children or servants).

enjoin implies giving an order or direction authoritatively and urgently and often with admonition or solicitude.

direct and instruct both connote expectation of obedience and usually concern specific points of procedure or method, instruct sometimes implying greater explicitness or formality.

charge adds to enjoin an implication of imposing as a duty or responsibility.