Deem vs Deed - What's the difference?

deem | deed |

As verbs the difference between deem and deed

is that deem is to judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom while deed is to transfer real property by deed.

As nouns the difference between deem and deed

is that deem is an opinion; judgement; surmise while deed is an action or act; something that is done.

deem

English

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom.

(obsolete) To adjudge; decree.

(obsolete) To dispense (justice); administer (law).

(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or hold as an opinion; decide or believe on consideration; suppose.

* Emerson

And deemest thou as those who pore, / With aged eyes, short way before?

To hold in belief or estimation; adjudge as a conclusion; regard as being; evaluate according to one's beliefs; account.

She deemed his efforts insufficient.

To have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think.

Synonyms

* judge * consider; see also

Derived terms

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Noun

(en noun)

An opinion; judgement; surmise.

Anagrams

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deed

English

Noun

(en noun)

An action or act; something that is done.

* Bible, Genesis xliv. 15

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?

A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

* Spenser

knightly deeds

* Dryden

whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn

Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.

I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed .

(legal) A legal contract showing bond.

I inherited the deed to the house.

Synonyms

* (action) act, action

Derived terms

* indeed

Verb

(en verb)

(informal) To transfer real property by deed.

He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.

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