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Surview vs Purview - What's the difference?

surview | purview |

As nouns the difference between surview and purview

is that surview is a survey while purview is the enacting part of a statute.

As a verb surview

is to survey; to make a survey of.

surview

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To survey; to make a survey of.
  • * Spenser
    • To surview his ground.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A survey.
  • * Bishop Robert Sanderson
    • we are to take a second surview of our Abilities, to see if they be competently fit for that whereto our Inclination swayeth us; and if upon due unpartial examination we find they are, we may then follow the sway of our Inclination.

    purview

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) The enacting part of a statute.
  • (legal) The scope of a statute.
  • Scope or range of interest or control.
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  • Range of understanding.

    • Related terms

    * purvey