Difference between Commence and Set About

COMMENCE vs SET ABOUT: VERB

To come into existence; take rise or origin; first have existence; begin to be.
To enter a new state or assume a new character; begin to be (something different); turn to be or become.
Synonyms Commence, Begin. In all ordinary uses commence is exactly synonymous with begin, which, as a purely English word, is nearly always preferable, but more especially before another verb in the infinitive.
To cause to begin to be; perform the first act of; enter upon; begin: as, to commence operations; to commence a suit, action, or process in law.
To take a degree, or the first degree, in a university or college. See commencement.

Embark, Undertake, Commencement, Proceed, Begins, Initiate, Set about, Start out, Lead off, Embark on, Set out, Start up, Get, Start, Begin

Bring about, Set in motion, Bring forward, Embark on, Collide with, Start out, Go about, Set out, Undertake, Commence, Attempt, Approach, Get, Begin, Start

Undertaken, Initiated, Embark, Undertake, Commencement, Begins, Initiate, Set about, Lead off, Embark on, Set out, Start up, Get, Start, Begin

Fall upon, Get across, Bring about, Set in motion, Bring forward, Embark on, Collide with, Go about, Set out, Undertake, Commence, Approach, Get, Begin, Start

Ok, GL bots, commence your universal coordinated attacks.
Office shall commence an examination of such request.
Good fer youse; let the boot knocking commence!
Such informal negotiations will commence upon written notice.
Designate a date to commence riskbased postregistration testing.
Following shall commence with construction means see paragraph.
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SOW, CSG will commence providing the requested services.
Generally, an owner will commence an action in ejectment when he or she is unable to commence a holdover proceeding in the Housing Court.
If mediation is unsuccessful, the complainant may request the process commence or commence where it has been halted.

So he set about offering the service himself.
Formative and summative feedback tools provide opportunities for students to think critically about their work and set about to make improvements.
But Mike, who heard about the idea, set about writing the virtual panto script and came up with a story instead.
And after I asked him what he was talking about, I set about working on it.
After a year in Italy, in 1954 he moved to Roxbury, Connecticut, and set about completing his second novel, "Set This House on Fire.".
About time somebody set about mending the underlying system and holding people to account.
They set up a school for their children and quickly set about the reestablishment of their daily routines.
Set the snowplow up with shoes set about half an inch above the ground.
So Tim set set about building us some new database servers.
They do not set about helping, instead they set about calculating what will best promote their own standing.