Consideration vs Intendiment - What's the difference?
consideration | intendiment |
The thought process of considering, of taking everything into account.
Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
The tendency to consider others.
A payment or other recompense for something done.
(legal) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
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Importance, claim to notice, regard.
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(obsolete) Understanding; careful consideration, attention.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , I.12:
*:be nought hereat dismayd, / Till well ye wote by graue intendiment , / What woman, and wherefore doth me vpbrayd [...].
(obsolete) Intention, objective.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.12:
*:The noble Mayd still standing all this vewd, / And merveild at his straunge intendiment .
As nouns the difference between consideration and intendiment
is that consideration is consideration (the process of considering) while intendiment is (obsolete) understanding; careful consideration, attention.consideration
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''After much consideration, I have decided to stay.
- ''You showed remarkable consideration in giving up your place for your friend.
- ''Will you noisy children show some consideration and stop your infernal screaming? I'm trying to study!
- ''Sure I'll move my car, but only for a consideration .
- [...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration .
