Amendment vs Constitution - What's the difference?
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An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
In public bodies; Any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
* 2014 , Ian Black, "
(legal) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
* Sir J. Herschel
The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
* Macaulay
A legal document describing such a formal system.
The general health of a person.
A person's physique or temperament.
* Story
* Clarendon
As nouns the difference between amendment and constitution
is that amendment is an alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices while constitution is the act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.As a proper noun Constitution is
the supreme law of some countries, such as Australia, Ireland, and the United States.amendment
English
(wikipedia amendment)Noun
(en noun)Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
- The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
- a soil amendment
Synonyms
* improvement * reformationSee also
* engrossed * * repealExternal links
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*constitution
English
(wikipedia constitution)Noun
(en noun)- the physical constitution of the sun
- Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions.
- Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world.
- He defended himself with less passion than was expected from his constitution .