petition vs appeal

appeal vs petition

petition and appeal both are nouns.

petition and appeal both are verbs.

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

As nouns, appeal is a hyponym of petition; that is, appeal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than petition:

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

Other hyponyms of petition include application, collection, ingathering, solicitation, demand.

petition (noun)	appeal (noun)
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority	(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
reverent petition to a deity	attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
	earnest or urgent request
	request for a sum of money

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

Difference between petition and appeal

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