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Guarantee vs Grant - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between guarantee and grant

is that guarantee is anything that assures a certain outcome while grant is the act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

As verbs the difference between guarantee and grant

is that guarantee is to assure that something will get done right 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".

guarantee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything that assures a certain outcome.
    • Can you give me a guarantee that he will be fit for the match?
  • A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly.
    • The cooker comes with a 5-year guarantee .
  • A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
    • (South)
  • The person to whom a guarantee is made.

    • Verb

    (d)
  • To assure that something will get done right.
  • To assume responsibility for a debt.
  • To make something certain.
    • The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.

    Synonyms

    * assure * warrant

    Related terms

    * guaranty * guarantor

    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
    • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]}}
  • 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).