covenant vs agreement

agreement vs covenant

covenant and agreement both are nouns.

covenant is a verb but agreement is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
covenant	Yes	No	Yes	No
agreement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, agreement is a hypernym of covenant; that is, agreement is a word with a broader meaning than covenant:

covenant: (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
agreement: the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

Other hypernyms of covenant include understanding.

covenant (noun)	agreement (noun)
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action	compatibility of observations
(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return	the thing arranged or agreed to
	the verbal act of agreeing
	the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
	the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
	harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

covenant (verb)	agreement (verb)
enter into a covenant or formal agreement
enter into a covenant

Difference between covenant and agreement

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