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Bidding vs Injunction - What's the difference?

bidding | injunction | Synonyms |

Bidding is a synonym of injunction.


As nouns the difference between bidding and injunction

is that bidding is that which one is bidden to do; a command while injunction is the act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

As a verb bidding

is .

bidding

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which one is bidden to do; a command.
  • * 1868 , Fulwar William Fowle, Sermons preached in the cathedral church of Salisbury (page 172)
  • Do their biddings , and they will lead you to "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report."
  • The act of placing a bid.
  • * Rowland E. Prothero, English Farming, Past and Present (page 322)
  • Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.

    injunction

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
  • That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
  • (legal) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.}}

    Usage notes

    * The verb associated with this word is enjoin'. ' Injunct is also sometimes used as a synonym.