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Covenant vs Resolution - What's the difference?

covenant | resolution |

As nouns the difference between covenant and resolution

is that covenant is (legal) an agreement to do or not do a particular thing while resolution is resolution.

As a verb covenant

is to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.

covenant

Alternative forms

* covenaunt (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
  • (legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
  • A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
  • An incidental clause in an agreement.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant
  • * L'Estrange
  • Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, as the tenant should direct.
  • * Bible, Matthew xxvi. 15
  • and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver
  • (legal) To enter a formal agreement.
  • (legal) To bind oneself in contract.
  • (legal) To make a stipulation.
  • resolution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong will, determination.
  • The state of being resolute.
  • A statement of intent, a vow
  • The act of discerning detail.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution , resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
  • (computing) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
  • (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
  • (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
  • name resolution
  • (math) The act or process of solving; solution.
  • the resolution of an equation
  • A formal statement adopted by an assembly.
  • (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
  • (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
  • (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
  • The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * resolutionist * New Year's resolution

    See also

    * polygon resolution * texture resolution