Difference between Verdict and Sentence

What is the difference between Verdict and Sentence?

Verdict as a noun is a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. while Sentence as a noun is a grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.

Verdict

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. An opinion or judgement.

Sentence

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To declare a sentence on a convicted person.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.The decision of a jury; a verdict.An unfavorable sentence(2): a conviction.The punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.A formula with no free variables.

We hope you now know whether to use Verdict or Sentence in your sentence.

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