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Loyalty vs Troth - What's the difference?

loyalty | troth |

As nouns the difference between loyalty and troth

is that loyalty is the state of being loyal; fidelity while troth is an oath, promise, or pledge.

loyalty

English

(wikipedia loyalty)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

  • The state of being loyal; fidelity.
  • Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.

    • Synonyms

    * trueness

    Antonyms

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    Derived terms

    *

    See also

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    troth

    English

    Noun

    (troths)
  • (archaic) an oath, promise, or pledge
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1597 , first = William , last = Shakespeare , authorlink = William Shakespeare , title = , chapter = Act III, Scene 2 , passage = By my troth , I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death: }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1883 , first = Howard , last = Pyle , authorlink = Howard Pyle , title = , chapter = The Shooting Match at Nottingham Town , passage = And by my faith and troth , I have a good part of a mind to have thee beaten for thine insolence! }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1909 , first = Daniel Bussier , last = Shumway (translator) , title = , chapter = Adventure XVI , passage = Hagen of Troneg now foully broke his troth to Siegfried. }}
  • specifically, a promise or pledge to marry someone
  • the state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement

    • Quotations

    ;betrothal * 1893, , Collaboration [http://www.henryjames.org.uk/collab/CLtext.htm] *: Vendemer’s sole fortune is his genius, and he and Paule, who confessed to an answering flame, plighted their troth like a pair of young rustics or (what comes for French people to the same thing) young Anglo-Saxons. *1826, , The Last of the Mohicans *: I did therefore what an honest man should - restored the maiden her troth , and departed the country in the service of my king.

    Related terms

    * betroth * betrothal * truth

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