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Pronouncement vs Commandment - What's the difference?

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Pronouncement is a related term of commandment.


As nouns the difference between pronouncement and commandment

is that pronouncement is an announcement while commandment is one of the ten commandments.

pronouncement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An announcement.
    • The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
  • *:Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.

    • commandment

    English

    Alternative forms

    * commaundment (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
  • * Bible, John xiii. 34
    • A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
  • The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And therefore put I on the countenance / Of stern commandment .
  • (legal) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.