Vest vs Grant - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between vest and grant

is that vest is to clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of while grant is a transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.

As nouns the difference between vest and grant

is that vest is a loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arabic or Middle Eastern countries while grant is the act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

As verbs the difference between vest and grant

is that vest is to clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely while grant is to give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

As a proper noun Grant is

{{surname|A=An|English|from=nicknames}} and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".

vest

English

(wikipedia vest)

Noun

(en noun)

A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arabic or Middle Eastern countries.

A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.

* , chapter=10

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(label) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.

A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.

Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.

* 2010 , Thomas Mullen, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers , Random House, ISBN 9781400067534, page 162:

He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest' and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof ' vest if you could still get gunned to death?

A vestment.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.

Clothing generally; array; garb.

* (William Wordsworth) (1770-1850)

Not seldom clothed in radiant vest / Deceitfully goes forth the morn.

Synonyms

* (garment worn under a shirt) singlet, tank top (US), undershirt (US) * (garment worn over a shirt) waistcoat (British)

Hyponyms

* (sleeveless outergarment) safety vest, scrimmage vest, fishing vest

Derived terms

* bulletproof vest * keep one's cards close to one's vest * life vest

Verb

(en verb)

To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.

* Milton

Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.

* Dryden

With ether vested , and a purple sky.

To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.

to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death

* Prior

Had I been vested with the monarch's power.

To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.

The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.

* John Locke

Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him.

(obsolete) To invest; to put.

to vest money in goods, land, or houses

(legal) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.

to vest a person with an estate

an estate is vested in possession

(Bouvier)

(commonly used of financial arrangements) To become vested, to become permanent.

My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.

* 2005 , Kaye A. Thomas, Consider Your Options , page 104

If you doubt that you'll stick around at the company long enough for your options to vest , you should discount the value for that uncertainty as well.

* 2007 ,

Sony interpreted 17 U.S.C. § 304 as requiring that the author be alive at the start of the copyright renewal term for the author’s prior assignments to vest .

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grant

English

Alternative forms

* graunt (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.

* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17

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To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.

* , Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":

The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.

To assent; to consent.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.''

(legal) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.

(informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).