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Commitment vs Investment - What's the difference?

commitment | investment |

As nouns the difference between commitment and investment

is that commitment is the act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially while investment is the act of investing, or state of being invested.

commitment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
  • # The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
  • # Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
  • Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
  • # Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date
  • Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
  • The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
  • Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
  • State of being pledged or engaged.
  • The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail.

    • Synonyms

    * allegiance * charge * committal * consignment * dedication * devoir * duty * engagement * guarantee * loyalty * liability * must * need * obligation * ought * pledge * promise * responsibility * undertaking * vow * word

    Related terms

    * commit * committal * noncommittal

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    investment

    English

    (wikipedia investment)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of investing, or state of being invested.
  • (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use.
  • * A. Hamilton
    • An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.
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  • That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • Whose white investments figure innocence.
  • (military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
  • * Marshall
    • The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments .
  • A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.