count out vs except

count out

verb
  • To exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility. 

  • To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. 

  • To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated. 

  • To prevent the accession of (a legitimately elected person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes. 

  • To enumerate items while organizing or transferring them. 

except

verb
  • To exclude; to specify as being an exception. 

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

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

prep
  • with the exception of; but. 

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