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Testament vs Agreement - What's the difference?

testament | agreement |

As nouns the difference between testament and agreement

is that testament is a solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s) while agreement is an understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

testament

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).
  • One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.
  • A tangible proof or tribute.
  • A credo, expression of conviction
  • ''The prime minister's speech was a glowing testament to the cabinet's undying commitment to the royal cause

    Synonyms

    * (law) will, last will and testament, last will

    Derived terms

    * testamentary * Old Testament * New Testament * Final Testament * holographic testament

    Anagrams

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    agreement

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
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  • (uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
  • (uncountable, legal) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
  • (uncountable, linguistics) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
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  • Having clarified what we mean by ‘Person? and ‘Number?, we can now return to our earlier observation that a finite I is inflected not only for Tense, but also for Agreement . More particularly, I inflects for Person and Number, and must ‘agree? with its Subject, in the sense that the Person/Number features of I must match those of the Subject.
  • An agreeable quality.
  • * 1650 , (John Donne), "Elegie XVII":
  • Her nymph-like features such agreements have / That I could venture with her to the grave [...].

    Synonyms

    * (An understanding to follow a course of conduct) concord, convention, covenant, meeting of the minds, pact, treaty * (A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion) congeniality, concurrence, harmony, accord * (A legally binding contract) settlement * concord * (An agreeable quality) amenity, pleasantness, niceness

    Derived terms

    * agreement coorporation * agreement in principle * Buttonwood Agreement * collective agreement * concession agreement * framework agreement * gentleman's agreement * heads of agreement * in agreement * interest rate agreement * knock-for-knock agreement * letter agreement * margin agreement * Multilateral Agreement * nondisclosure agreement * option agreement * partnership agreement * prenuptial agreement * purchase agreement * sales agreement * Schengen Agreement * security agreement * service level agreement * single union agreement * Smithsonian Agreement * standby agreement * standstill agreement * strike an agreement with * subordination agreement * subscription agreement * throughput agreement * tolling agreement * tripartite agreement * underwriting agreement * working agreement

    Hyponyms

    * (An understanding to follow a course of conduct) conspiracy

    See also

    * consent, approval

    See also

    * consensus * (wikipedia)

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