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Certain vs Constat - What's the difference?

certain | constat |

As adjectives the difference between certain and constat

is that certain is sure, positive, not doubting while constat is it is clearly evident; It is certain, without a doubt.

As a determiner certain

is having been determined but unspecified. The quality of some particular subject or object which is known by the speaker to have been specifically singled out among similar entities of its class.

As a noun constat is

a certificate for a court discharge.

certain

English

Adjective

(wikipedia certain) (en adjective)
  • Sure, positive, not doubting.
  • I was certain of my decision.
  • (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
  • * Milton
  • However, I with thee have fixed my lot, / Certain to undergo like doom.
  • Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
  • * Bible, Dan. ii. 45
  • The dream is certain , and the interpretation thereof sure.
  • Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
  • Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending.
  • * Dryden
  • Virtue that directs our ways / Through certain dangers to uncertain praise.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.
  • Unfailing; infallible.
  • * Mead
  • I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper.
  • Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
  • * Bible, Ex. xvi. 4
  • The people go out and gather a certain rate every day.
  • Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
  • * Bible, Luke v. 12
  • It came to pass when he was in a certain city.
  • * Macaulay
  • About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace and decorum.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (not doubting) uncertain * (sure to happen) impossible, incidental

    Derived terms

    * certainly

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • Having been determined but unspecified. The quality of some particular subject or object which is known by the speaker to have been specifically singled out among similar entities of its class.
  • * Bible, Acts xxiii. 12
  • Certain of the Jews banded together.
  • * , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
  • , chapter=3 citation , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”}}

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    constat

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (legal, religion, science) It is clearly evident; It is certain, without a doubt.
  • Antonyms

    * non constat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) A certificate for a court discharge.
  • (legal) An exemplification under seal.
  • References

    * * Constat [and Non Constat]'', in in ''A New Law Dictionary and Glossary by Alexander Mansfield Burrill. Reprint. Originally published: New York : J.S. Voorhies, 1850.[http://books.google.com/books?id=DeQYXYMBtwgC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=atpatruus&source=web&ots=CS4in-556J&sig=rR7Y8zx6YSZjwzjWoQ9ShcYT7Qc
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