Undertaking vs Covenant - What's the difference?
undertaking | covenant |
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
(legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
(legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
An incidental clause in an agreement.
to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant
* L'Estrange
* Bible, Matthew xxvi. 15
(legal) To enter a formal agreement.
(legal) To bind oneself in contract.
(legal) To make a stipulation.
As nouns the difference between undertaking and covenant
is that undertaking is the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals while covenant is an agreement to do or not do a particular thing.As verbs the difference between undertaking and covenant
is that undertaking is present participle of lang=en while covenant is to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.undertaking
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(en noun)covenant
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(wikipedia covenant)Alternative forms
* covenaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, as the tenant should direct.
- and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver
