Difference between earnest and asseveration
Definitions
adjective
- sincerely earnest
- not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
- characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
noun
- something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract
Examples
Jonathan's soothing assurances did not satisfy David, and he 'sware' in the earnestness of his conviction.
The constant barrage of earnestly delivered silliness should win over even the hardest hearts.
It is, in my judgment, a very laudable course of some churches, that use, for the next three days together, to desire the congregation to join in earnest prayer to God for the opening of the sinner's eyes, and the softening of his heart, and the saving of him from impenitency and eternal death.
Definitions
noun
- a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Examples
Its essence is an asseveration that the physical constants must have values within extremely narrow limits in order for life to exist.
A favourite and amusing mode of asseveration among the syeds, especially in testifying to an untruth, is "Beh ser e jeddam" (by the head of my grandfather), meaning Mahommed; indeed it is a common adage that the greatest swearers are the greatest liars.
This astonishing asseveration he bases upon the truism that ‘the productiveness, or utility of the soil is a decisive factor in the determination of its value or its rent.’
