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Merit vs Warranty - What's the difference?

merit | warranty |

As nouns the difference between merit and warranty

is that merit is something deserving positive recognition while warranty is security; warrant; guarantee.

As verbs the difference between merit and warranty

is that merit is to earn or to deserve while warranty is to warrant; to guarantee.

merit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something deserving positive recognition.
  • His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
  • Something worthy of a high rating.
  • A claim to commendation or reward.
  • The quality of deserving reward.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Reputation is oft got without merit , and lost without deserving.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, / And every author's merit , but his own.
  • Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation.
  • His teacher gave him ten merits .
  • * Prior
  • those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth
  • (obsolete) The quality or state of deserving either good or bad; desert.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought / For things that others do; and when we fall, / We answer others' merits in our name.

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To earn or to deserve.
  • *
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  • To be worthy or deserving.
  • (obsolete, rare) To reward.
  • (Chapman)

    Derived terms

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    Anagrams

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    warranty

    English

    Noun

    (warranties)
  • Security; warrant; guarantee.
  • The stamp was a warranty of the public. -(John Locke).
  • (obsolete, legal) A covenant real, whereby the granter of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long since become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant.
  • (legal) An engagement or undertaking, expressed or implied, that a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly implied or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title.
  • (insurance law) A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when expressed, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties.
  • (rare) Justifying mandate or precept; authority; warrant. Shakespeare
  • If they disobey precept, that is no excuse to us, nor gives us any warranty . . . to disobey likewise. -Kettlewe.

    Synonyms

    * guarantee * warrant

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To warrant; to guarantee.
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