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Vouch vs Vow - What's the difference?

vouch | vow |

As verbs the difference between vouch and vow

is that vouch is to take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest while vow is to make a vow; to promise.

As nouns the difference between vouch and vow

is that vouch is warrant; attestation while vow is a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

vouch

English

Verb

(es)
  • To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
  • To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
  • * Atterbury
    • They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.
    I can vouch that the match took place.
  • To back; to support; to confirm.
  • * Milton
    • Me damp horror chilled / At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold.
  • To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
  • * Blackstone
    • He vouches' the tenant in tail, who ' vouches over the common vouchee.
  • (obsolete) To call; to summon.
  • * Sir T. Elyot
    • [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.
  • To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has affirmed.
  • To call as a witness.
  • * Dryden
    • Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon.
  • To assert; to aver; to declare.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Warrant; attestation.

    • vow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
  • A declaration or assertion.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where the profound meets the profane , passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}

    Usage notes

    * One normally makes'' or ''takes'' a vow, or simply ''vows (see below). * Commonly mentioned vows include those of silence'', ''obedience'', ''poverty'', ''chastity'', and ''celibacy . * 'to keep/pay/fulfill a vow' = to honor a vow * 'to break a vow' = to dishonor a vow

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
  • * Bible, Eccl. v. 4
    • When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.
  • * Richard Baxter
    • We do not vow that we will never sin, nor neglect a duty (nor ought we to do so).
  • To make a vow regarding (something).
    • The wronged woman vowed revenge.
  • To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
    • The rebels vowed to continue their fight.

    Derived terms

    * exchange vows * take vows * vow of celibacy * vow of chastity * vow of silence * vow of poverty

    Related terms

    * devote * vote * votive

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