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Amendment vs Endorsement - What's the difference?

amendment | endorsement |

As nouns the difference between amendment and endorsement

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 endorsement is the act or quality of endorsing.

amendment

English

(wikipedia amendment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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, " 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.
  • (legal) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
  • An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
    • The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
    The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
  • That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
    • a soil amendment

    Synonyms

    * improvement * reformation

    Related terms

    * amend * amendable * amendatory

    See also

    * engrossed * * repeal

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    endorsement

    English

    (wikipedia endorsement)

    Alternative forms

    * endorsation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or quality of endorsing
    • The association announced its endorsement of the policy.
    The bank required that cheque endorsement be witnessed by a cashier.
    Companies sometimes pay millions for product endorsement by celebrities.
  • An amendment or added notation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).
    • Mr. Jones paid extra for the flood damage endorsement on his house insurance.
  • (aviation) An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.
    • Once she obtained the endorsement of her night flying hours, Joanna was approved to take the pilot's examination.
  • (education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.
    • Wanted: Accredited teacher with Grade 12 mathematics endorsement .
    To transport gasoline, truckers must have a valid licence and the hazardous materials endorsement .
  • Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.
    • After the Olympics, he was hoping to get an endorsement deal.
  • Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.
    • I'm not sure whether an endorsement from Donald Trump will help or hurt.

    See also

    * allonge