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Voucher vs Redeem - What's the difference?

voucher | redeem |

In transitive terms the difference between voucher and redeem

is that voucher is to provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher while redeem is to restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something.

As a noun voucher

is a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

voucher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
  • A receipt.
  • One who or that which vouches.
  • * 1836 , The New Sporting Magazine (volume 11, page 227)
  • To the fashionable world he cannot be a stranger and his having married a sister of the Duke of Leeds is a voucher for my assertion.

    Synonyms

    * (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount) coupon

    Derived terms

    * gift voucher

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
  • To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
  • To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.
  • redeem

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
  • To liberate by payment of a ransom.
  • To set free by force.
  • To save, rescue
  • To clear, release from debt or blame
  • To expiate, atone (for ...)
  • (finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
  • To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
  • To repair, restore
  • To reform, change (for the better)
  • To restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something.
  • (archaic) To reclaim
  • Synonyms

    * (recover ownership) buy back, repurchase

    Antonyms

    * abandon

    Derived terms

    * redeem oneself * redeemable * redeemably * redeemer * unredeemable * unredeemably * unredeemed