Difference between Covenant and Compact

What is the difference between Covenant and Compact?

Covenant as a verb is to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant while Compact as a verb is to make more dense; to compress.

Covenant

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant To enter a formal agreement. To bind oneself in contract. To make a stipulation.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An agreement to do or not do a particular thing. 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. God's promise to humanity after the Flood, symbolised by the rainbow. God's promise to Israel in both the Old Testament and the New Testament that He would redeem the nation of Israel, give Israel the land of Zion, and "appear in his glory" and "come out of Zion" when "all Israel shall be saved" Romans 11:25-27). God's general promise of salvation to the faithful as taught in the Bible.

Example sentence: The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

Compact

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An agreement or contract.A small folding mirror containing powder that fits into a woman's purse or handbag.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make more dense; to compress.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.(of a set) Closed and bounded.Such that every exhaustion of it by (overlapping) open balls has the property that some finitely many of those balls will also cover it.

Example sentence: The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

We hope you now know whether to use Covenant or Compact in your sentence.

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