Claimed vs Committed - What's the difference?
claimed | committed |
(claim)
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.
(commit)
Obligated by a pledge to some course of action.
showing commitment.
Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
(rhetoric) Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.
As verbs the difference between claimed and committed
is that claimed is (claim) while committed is (commit).As an adjective committed is
obligated by a pledge to some course of action.claimed
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * * *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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