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must v. may wikidiff

As verbs the difference between must and may is that must is to do with certainty; (indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate)

must TFD:

    1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom:
    2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement:
    3. Used to express a command or admonition:
    4. To be determined to; have as a fixed resolve; inevitability or certainty; logical probability or presumptive certainty

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may 1. To be allowed or permitted to: 2. Used to express possibility or probability:

may TFD

    1. To be allowed or permitted to:
    2. Used to express possibility or probability:
    3. Used to express a desire or fervent wish:
    4. Used to express contingency, purpose,

Some overlap, some confusion, but in a contract: " you may only have one account" is not a suggestion. If you choose to enter into this contract you will (may) have one account.

must v. may wikidiff

As verbs the difference between must and may is that must is to do with certainty; (indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate)

and

may 1. To be allowed or permitted to: 2. Used to express possibility or probability:

must v. may

must TFD:

    1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom:
    2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement:
    3. Used to express a command or admonition:
    4. To be determined to; have as a fixed resolve; inevitability or certainty; logical probability or presumptive certainty

and

may TFD

    1. To be allowed or permitted to:
    2. Used to express possibility or probability:
    3. Used to express a desire or fervent wish:
    4. Used to express contingency, purpose,

Some overlap, some confusion, but in a contract: " you may only have one account" is not a suggestion. If you choose to enter into this contract you will (may) have one account.

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must v. may wikidiff

As verbs the difference between must and may is that must is to do with certainty; (indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate)

and

may 1. To be allowed or permitted to: 2. Used to express possibility or probability: