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Vote vs Sanction - What's the difference?

vote | sanction |

As verbs the difference between vote and sanction

is that vote is while sanction is to ratify; to make valid.

As a noun sanction is

an approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.

vote

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities.
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  • An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
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  • * (1809-1894)
  • *:The freeman casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
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  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • (label) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
  • :(Massinger)

    • Derived terms

    * donkey vote * conscience vote * free vote * get out the vote * informal vote * subvote * vote mob * whipped vote

    Verb

    (vot)
  • To cast a vote; to assert a formalised choice in an election.
    • The depository may vote shares on behalf of investors who have not submitted instruction to the bank.
  • * F. W. Robertson
    • To vote' on large principles, to ' vote honestly, requires a great amount of information.

    Derived terms

    * voter * vote in * vote out * vote with one's feet

    See also

    * elect * nominate

    Anagrams

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    sanction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
  • A penalty, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
  • A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying the above.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ratify; to make valid.
  • To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
    • Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.
  • To penalize (a State etc.) with sanctions.

    • Anagrams

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