different between surety vs sureness

English

Etymology

From Middle English surete, attested since the early 1300s in the sense "guarantee, promise, pledge, assurance", from Anglo-Norman seurté/Old French seurté with the same meaning (whence modern French sûreté), from Latin s?c?rit?s. Equivalent to sure +? -ty. The senses "security, safety, stability" and "certainy" are attested since the late 1300s. "One who undertakes to pay if another does not" is from the early 1400s. Doublet of security.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??????ti/, /??????ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????ti/, /??????ti/

Noun

surety (countable and uncountable, plural sureties)

1. Certainty.

   • Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.

   • For the more surety they looked round about.

2. That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
3. (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
4. (law) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
5. A substitute; a hostage.
6. Evidence; confirmation; warrant.

Translations

See also

• guarantor
• surcharge
• surcharged
• indorsement

Anagrams

• Steury, tuyers

English

Etymology

From Middle English surenes; equivalent to sure +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????n?s/, /????n?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????n?s/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /??o?n?s/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??o?n?s/

Noun

sureness (countable and uncountable, plural surenesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being sure, certainty.

   His sureness was born of having looked it up in a reputable reference book.

2. (uncountable) The property of being sure, deft, confident of ability.

   The surgeon's sureness was the result of long study in school and long practice in the operating room, never did he hesitate and never was there a mis-move.

3. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sure.

Anagrams

• Suresnes