different between pledge vs decision

English

Etymology

From Middle English plege, from Anglo-Norman plege, from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) from Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, from plebi? (“I pledge”), from Frankish *plehan (“to pledge; to support; to guarantee”). Akin to Old High German pflegan (“to take care of, be accustomed to”), Old Saxon plegan (“to vouch for”), Old English pl?on (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?

Verb

pledge (third-person singular simple present pledges, present participle pledging, simple past and past participle pledged)

1. To make a solemn promise (to do something).

2. To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
3. (transitive) To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
   • 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer

     HARDCASTLE [Taking the cup.] I hope you'll find it to your mind. I have prepared it with my own hands, and I believe you'll own the ingredients are tolerable. Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir? Here, Mr. Marlow, here is to our better acquaintance. [Drinks.]

   • 1852, Matthew Arnold, Tristram and Iseult

     Reach me my golden cup that stands by thee,

     And pledge me in it first for courtesy.

Translations

Noun

pledge (plural pledges)

1. A solemn promise to do something.

   Synonym: commitment

   1. (with the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
2. (law) A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
   1. The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is payed.

      Synonym: collateral

3. A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
4. A drinking toast.

Derived terms

• antipledge, antipledging
• pledgeless

Translations

See also

• oath
• vow

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin d?c?si?, d?c?si?nis, from d?c?d? (“to decide”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

decision (countable and uncountable, plural decisions)

1. The act of deciding.
2. A choice or judgement.

3. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.

4. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

5. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Usage notes

• (choice or judgment): Most often, to decide something is to make a decision; however, other possibilities exist as well. Many verbs used with destination or conclusion, such as reach, come to, and arrive at can also be used with decision; these serve to emphasize that the decision is the result of deliberation. Finally, some varieties of English prefer to take a decision rather than make one.
• See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of decision collocated with these words.
• Adjectives often applied to "decision": important, difficult, big, tough, bad, informed, easy, personal, smart, poor, good, quick, major, strategic, wise, serious, hard, stupid, hasty, responsible, complex, prudent, deliberate, significant, collective, delayed, challenging, careful, foolish, small, rash, thoughtful, slow, clever, forced, uninformed.

Derived terms

Related terms

• decide
• decisive

Translations

Verb

decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)

1. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

Further reading

• decision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• coin dies, iconised

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin, see above

Noun

decision f (plural decisions)

1. decision

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin d?c?si?.

Pronunciation

Noun

decision f (plural decisions)

1. decision

Related terms

• decidir