Bidding vs Summons - What's the difference?
bidding | summons | Synonyms |
That which one is bidden to do; a command.
* 1868 , Fulwar William Fowle, Sermons preached in the cathedral church of Salisbury (page 172)
The act of placing a bid.
* Rowland E. Prothero, English Farming, Past and Present (page 322)
A call to do something, especially to come.
* Hallam
* Bishop Fell
* Sir J. Hayward
(legal) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
(military) A demand for surrender.
To serve someone with a summons.
* 2007', It proposes that those held in the prototype Selfridges cells be kept for a maximum of four hours to have their identity confirmed and be charged, '''summonsed or given a fine. — ''The Guardian , 15 Mar 2007, p. 1
(summon)
Bidding is a synonym of summons.
As verbs the difference between bidding and summons
is that bidding is while summons is to serve someone with a summons or summons can be (summon).As nouns the difference between bidding and summons
is that bidding is that which one is bidden to do; a command while summons is a call to do something, especially to come.bidding
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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."
- Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.
summons
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sumunce (modern French semonce), from popular (etyl) .Noun
(es)- special summonses by the king
- this summons unfit either to dispute or disobey
- He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon; but neither summons nor pardon was regarded.