Convict vs Testify - What's the difference?
convict | testify |
To find guilty
# as a result of legal proceedings, about of a crime
# informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act.
(legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
A person deported to a penal colony.
A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.
To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
* 2014 , (Ruzwana Bashir), "
* Bible, Numbers xxxv. 30
To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.
* Bible, John iii. 11
As verbs the difference between convict and testify
is that convict is to find guilty while testify is to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.As a noun convict
is a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.convict
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(en verb)Synonyms
* (legal crime) sentence * (informal) disapproveNoun
(wikipedia convict) (en noun)Synonyms
* (person convicted of crime) assigned servant, con, government man, public servant * (person deported to a penal colony) penal colonistDerived terms
* con (synonym)testify
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(en-verb) (intransitive'' or ''transitive )The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian , 29 August 2014:
- It was only after a decade away from Skipton that I was finally able to garner the courage to return and testify against my abuser.
- One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
- We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.