Proffer vs Vouchsafe - What's the difference?
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An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
Essay; attempt.
To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
To essay or attempt of one’s own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
Indefinite plural of .
To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
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To receive or accept in condescension.
Proffer is a related term of vouchsafe.
As verbs the difference between proffer and vouchsafe
is that proffer is to offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship while vouchsafe is to graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc; to deign to acknowledge.As a noun proffer
is an offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.proffer
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(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* proffre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- (Milton)
See also
* proferExternal links
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(head)vouchsafe
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Verb
- It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation.
