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court order vs garnishment

garnishment vs court order

court order and garnishment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
court order Yes No No No
garnishment Yes No No No
As nouns, garnishment is a hyponym of court order; that is, garnishment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than court order:
  • court order: a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
  • garnishment: a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee
Other hyponyms of court order include divestiture, execution, writ of execution, gag order, interdict, interdiction.
court order (noun) garnishment (noun)
a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee
Difference between court order and garnishment

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