different between profess vs guarantee
profess
English
Etymology
From Old French professer, and its source, the participle stem of Latin profit?r?, from pro- + fat?r? (“to confess, acknowledge”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???f?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
profess (third-person singular simple present professes, present participle professing, simple past and past participle professed)
- (transitive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.) [from 14th c.]
- 2000, Butler's Lives of the Saints, p.118:
- This swayed the balance decisively in Mary's favour, and she was professed on 8 September 1578.
- 2000, Butler's Lives of the Saints, p.118:
- (reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something). [from 16th c.]
- 2011, Alex Needham, The Guardian, 9 Dec.:
- Kiefer professes himself amused by the fuss that ensued when he announced that he was buying the Mülheim-Kärlich reactor […].
- 2011, Alex Needham, The Guardian, 9 Dec.:
- (transitive, intransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm. [from 16th c.]
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, First Folio 1623:
- He professes to haue receiued no sinister measure from his Iudge, but most willingly humbles himselfe to the determination of Iustice […].
- 1974, ‘The Kansas Kickbacks’, Time, 11 Feb 1974:
- The Governor immediately professed that he knew nothing about the incident.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, First Folio 1623:
- (transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity. [from 16th c.]
- 2010, Hélène Mulholland, The Guardian, 28 Sep 2010:
- Ed Miliband professed ignorance of the comment when he was approached by the BBC later.
- 2010, Hélène Mulholland, The Guardian, 28 Sep 2010:
- (transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.). [from 16th c.]
- 1983, Alexander Mcleish, The Frontier Peoples of India, Mittal Publications 1984, p.122:
- The remainder of the population, about two-thirds, belongs to the Mongolian race and professes Buddhism.
- 1983, Alexander Mcleish, The Frontier Peoples of India, Mittal Publications 1984, p.122:
- (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, now rare) To claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter). [from 16th c.]
Translations
Further reading
- profess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- profess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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guarantee
English
Etymology
From Old French guarantie (perhaps via a later Spanish garante), from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), ultimately from Old Frankish *warjand, *warand (“a warrant”), or from guaranty. Doublet of guaranty and warranty.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??æ??n?ti?/
- (US) IPA(key): /??????n?ti?/
Noun
guarantee (plural guarantees)
- Anything that assures a certain outcome.
- A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
- More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty
- The person to whom a guarantee is made.
- (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
- But God who is the great Guarantee for the Peace , Order , and good behaviour of Mankind
Translations
Verb
guarantee (third-person singular simple present guarantees, present participle guaranteeing, simple past and past participle guaranteed)
- To give an assurance that something will be done right.
- To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
- To make something certain.
- The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.
Synonyms
- assure
- warrant
Translations
Related terms
- guaranty
- guarantor
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