Obligation vs Guarantee - What's the difference?
obligation | guarantee | Synonyms |
The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
(legal) A legal agreement stipulating a specified payment or action; the document containing such agreement.
* 1668 December 19, , “Mr.'' Alexander Seaton ''contra'' Menzies” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
Anything that assures a certain outcome.
A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly.
A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
The person to whom a guarantee is made.
To assure that something will get done right.
To assume responsibility for a debt.
To make something certain.
Obligation is a synonym of guarantee.
As nouns the difference between obligation and guarantee
is that obligation is the act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone while guarantee is anything that assures a certain outcome.As a verb guarantee is
to assure that something will get done right.obligation
English
(wikipedia obligation)Noun
(en noun)- X shall be entitled to subcontract its obligation to provide the Support Services. <
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- The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation , which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
Usage notes
* Adjectives often used with "obligation": moral, legal, social, contractual, political, mutual, military, perpetual, etc.Synonyms
* dutyAntonyms
* rightguarantee
English
Noun
(en noun)- Can you give me a guarantee that he will be fit for the match?
- The cooker comes with a 5-year guarantee .
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Verb
(d)- The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.