Buy vs Forswear - What's the difference?
buy | forswear |
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
* Benjamin Franklin
To obtain by some sacrifice.
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
To bribe.
To be equivalent to in value.
(informal) to accept as true; to believe
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
To commit perjury.
In lang=en terms the difference between buy and forswear
is that buy is to make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal) while forswear is to commit perjury.As verbs the difference between buy and forswear
is that buy is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods while forswear is to renounce or deny something, especially under oath.As a noun buy
is something which is bought; a purchase.buy
English
Verb
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Synonyms
* purchase * (accept as true) accept, believe, swallow (informal), take on * make a buyAntonyms
* sell, vend * (accept as true) disbelieve, reject, pitchDerived terms
* bring-and-buy * buyable * buyer * buy back * buy into * buy it * buy to let * buy off * buy out * buy someone off * buy someone out * buy straw hats in winter * buy the farm * buy time * buy up * can I buy you a drink * impulse buy * money can't buy happiness * outbuy * rebuyAntonyms
* saleDerived terms
* buydown * buyout * impulse buyforswear
English
Alternative forms
* foreswearVerb
- I do forswear her.
- Like innocence, and as serenely bold / As truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold!