appeal vs petition

petition vs appeal

appeal and petition both are nouns.

appeal and petition both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appeal	Yes	No	Yes	No
petition	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, petition is a hypernym of appeal; that is, petition is a word with a broader meaning than appeal:

appeal: request for a sum of money
petition: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

Other hypernyms of appeal include postulation, request.

appeal (noun)	petition (noun)
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial	a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates	reverent petition to a deity
earnest or urgent request
request for a sum of money

appeal (verb)	petition (verb)
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection	write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
cite as an authority; resort to
be attractive to
take a court case to a higher court for review
challenge (a decision)

Difference between appeal and petition

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