Claim vs Title - What's the difference?
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A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
To demand ownership of.
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
* John Locke
To proclaim.
To call or name.
A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 (legal) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
A publication.
A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
(mostly, in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
(bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
A division of an act of Congress or Parliament.
(sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= * 1997 , David Kenneth Wiggins, Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America
To assign a title to; to entitle.
In lang=en terms the difference between claim and title
is that claim is to demand compensation or damages through the courts while title is legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.As nouns the difference between claim and title
is that claim is a demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory) while title is a prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also :Category:Titles.As verbs the difference between claim and title
is that claim is to demand ownership of while title is to assign a title to; to entitle.claim
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Alternative forms
* claym (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. SeeVerb
(en verb)- We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
- (Spenser)
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* English reporting verbs ----title
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(wikipedia title)Noun
(en noun)- With his former title greet Macbeth.
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- Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one.