What's the difference between deed and title?

Deed


Definition:

  • (a.) Dead.
  • (v. t.) That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
  • (v. t.) Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.
  • (v. t.) Power of action; agency; efficiency.
  • (v. t.) Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
  • (v. t.) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
  • (v. t.) Performance; -- followed by of.
  • (v. t.) To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although it never really has a sense of fun and burns with ill-focused anger, The Paperboy represents a kind of triumph, surely, even if it's just in getting such high-profile actors to do such low-down deeds.
  • (2) Philip and Roger Taylor-Brown, who have been together for three years and have already changed their names by deed poll, registered in Manchester yesterday for a ceremony on December 21.
  • (3) Every day laws are changed, or new laws are voted in, to legitimise illegal deeds.
  • (4) The paper, which traditionally supports the Tory party and was edited by the former Conservative cabinet minister Bill Deedes during seven years of Thatcher's reign, feared an avalanche of "bile" would "spew" from its pages and decided to keep comments closed, according to insiders.
  • (5) 'We need deeds, not words': bombs fall on Aleppo as MPs debate Syria Read more He also chided the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, for calling for demonstrations outside the Russian embassy in London , saying it was necessary to be mindful of the welfare of diplomatic staff in Britain’s Moscow embassy.
  • (6) Rhodes was probably one of the worst colonisers both in word and deed.
  • (7) Anti-radicalisation is the whole community’s responsibility to deal with, not just the Muslim community.” Other critics point to provisions in the funding deed for the directory that allow the department to disclose confidential information about participants “to the responsible minister or prime minister”, or to a parliamentary committee.
  • (8) The Labour party is becoming a movement of words not deeds.
  • (9) I act with deeds and words, because the government seems determined to resurrect the old Victorian approach to disabled people.
  • (10) "The true test is not Rouhani's words, but rather the deeds of the Iranian regime, which continues to aggressively advance its nuclear programme while Rouhani is giving interviews," said the response, issued on Thursday after an interview the Iranian president granted to the American network NBC.
  • (11) Marcos would hold the deed and leave the space blank.
  • (12) Theoretically, a morality of aspiration involves assigning more credit for a good deed than blame for a corresponding bad deed; a morality of duty involves assigning more blame than credit.
  • (13) That’s not only because they hold so many title deeds, but also because modern governments are given to wringing their hands and declaring their own impotence in the face of multinationals.
  • (14) The FBI are sceptical that Pyongyang was responsible, and the government there denies that it had any involvement, even if it describes the hack as “a righteous deed”.
  • (15) Scalise even got castigated for such idiocy by no less than Erick Erickson , whose words and deeds usually sound like he’s auditioning for a role in a WWII movie as the piggy Bavarian Gauleiter pinching at dirndls in between faking a WWI injury to keep from getting sent to the front.
  • (16) As the number of dirty affairs, corruption, unlawful arms trades and extrajudicial killings go up, the journalists who write or that have the potential to write about these deeds become targets.
  • (17) Cake is for leaving parties, not the actual deed itself.
  • (18) Trolls are not often in a rush to discuss their behaviour with a stranger who might spill their darkest deeds to the world.
  • (19) Nevertheless, attention will now inevitably shift the focus towards next week's ECB rate meeting to see if Mr Draghi’s deeds match his rhetoric, or whether he is simply trying to buy more time for when the ESM becomes available.
  • (20) That means "no longer romanticising terrorists as Robin Hoods and no longer idealising their deeds as rough poetic justice".

Title


Definition:

  • (n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
  • (n.) The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.
  • (n.) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
  • (n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.
  • (n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
  • (n.) A name; an appellation; a designation.
  • (n.) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
  • (n.) The instrument which is evidence of a right.
  • (n.) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
  • (n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
  • (n.) To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
  • (2) Certainly, Saunders did not land a single blow that threatened to stop his opponent, although he took quite a few himself that threatened his titles in the final few rounds.
  • (3) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
  • (4) The New York Times also alleged that the Met had not passed full details about how many people were victims of the illegal practice to the CPS because it has a history of cooperation with News International titles.
  • (5) The Weinstein Company, which Harvey owns with his brother Bob, lost rights to the title on Tuesday following a ruling by the Motion Picture Association of America's arbitration board.
  • (6) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
  • (7) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
  • (8) I believe that the Lebedevs will be progressive and supportive owners of the Independent titles which have played such an important role in British public life for nearly 25 years.
  • (9) Rabbits, affected by acute bronchitis, treated orally with the title compounds showed a considerable reduction of the viscosity of the bronchial mucus.
  • (10) Levinson's film, to be titled Black Mass, will be based on the New York Times bestseller Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob , by Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.
  • (11) Different games, different moments but it is very important to start winning our points at home.” City started their title defence by defeating Newcastle United 2-0.
  • (12) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
  • (13) Information and titles for this bibliography were gleaned from printed indexes and university medical center libraries.
  • (14) There is a significant group of disorders which present with unruly hair, and these have been described under all manner of titles, including crinkly, woolly, kinky, crimped, frizzly, steely, spunglass, in an attempt to define their clinical appearance.
  • (15) I think that could have been the title of the play.
  • (16) The workforce has changed dramatically since 1900 – just 29,000 Americans today work in fishing and the number of job titles tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has grown to almost 600 – everything from “animal trainers” to “wind turbine service technicians” (and there are even more sub categories).
  • (17) This would be done under Title II of the Communications Act, which already covers telecommunications services but since 2002 has not covered "information services" – data travelling over the internet.
  • (18) The preparation of the title compounds from hyodeoxycholic acid is described.
  • (19) 5.08pm BST There were some non-title games on today.
  • (20) The only thing is that we had a chance to score another goal and instead we conceded a goal, as I think you saw.” Russia’s elimination means that Capello, who won nine league titles in 16 seasons with Milan, Real Madrid and Juventus, has now taken charge of seven World Cup games and won only one – when England beat Slovenia 1-0 four years ago.