Claim vs Qualification - What's the difference?
claim | qualification |
A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
To demand ownership of.
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
* John Locke
To proclaim.
To call or name.
A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
(obsolete) A quality or attribute.
*1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
*:To shew, that these Qualfications , which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
As nouns the difference between claim and qualification
is that claim is claim while qualification is a clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.claim
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Alternative forms
* claym (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. SeeVerb
(en verb)- We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
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* English reporting verbs ----qualification
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(wikipedia qualification)Noun
(en noun)- I accept your offer, but with the following qualification .
- Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
- What are your qualifications for this job?