guarantee vs vouch what difference
what is difference between guarantee and vouch
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): /ˌɡæɹənˈtiː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɡɛəɹənˈtiː/
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
English
Etymology
From Middle English vouchen, that borrowed from Old French voucher, from Latin vocāre, present active infinitive of vocō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaʊtʃ/
- Rhymes: -aʊtʃ
Verb
vouch (third-person singular simple present vouches, present participle vouching, simple past and past participle vouched)
- To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
- To warrant; to maintain by affirmations
- Synonyms: attest, affirm, avouch
- October 28, 1705, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- They made him ashamed first to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.
- To back; to support; to confirm
- To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
- (obsolete) To call; to summon.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
- [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
- To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
- To call as a witness.
- To assert; to aver; to declare.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Related terms
- avouch
Translations
Noun
vouch (plural vouches)
- Warrant; attestation.
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