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Conviction vs Condemned - What's the difference?

conviction | condemned |

As nouns the difference between conviction and condemned

is that conviction is (countable) a firmly held belief while condemned is a person sentenced to death.

As an adjective condemned is

having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.

As a verb condemned is

(condemn).

conviction

English

(wikipedia conviction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) A firmly held belief.
  • (countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions . Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.}}
  • (uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
  • (uncountable) The state of being convinced.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
    • The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * convict ----

    condemned

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.
  • Having been sharply scolded.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 19 , author=Kerry Brown , title=Kim Jong-il obituary , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.}}
  • Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.
  • (of a building) Officially marked uninhabitable.

    • Synonyms

    * (having received a curse) damned, doomed

    Antonyms

    * (having received a curse) blessed, saved

    Noun

    (condemned)
  • A person sentenced to death.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (condemn)