Covenant vs. Agree — What's the Difference?

A binding agreement; a compact.

To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord

A condition in a contract such as a deed or lease, nonperformance or violation of which gives rise to a cause of action for breach.

To express consent; concur

A contract.

To accept or support a policy or program

In the Bible, a divine promise establishing or modifying God's relationship to humanity or to a particular group.

To come to an understanding or agreement, as by negotiating

One of the agreements supported by a Covenanter.

To be compatible or consistent

To promise by a covenant.

To be suitable, appropriate, pleasing, or healthful

To enter into a covenant.

(Grammar) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

(legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.

To share an opinion about (something)

(legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.

To grant or concede

A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

An incidental clause in an agreement.

To give assent; to accede

To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.

To yield assent to; to approve.

(legal) To enter a formal agreement.

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

(legal) To bind oneself in contract.

(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond.

(legal) To make a stipulation.

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.

To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.

An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; - usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."

To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.

To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.

A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.

To yield assent; to accede; - followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.

To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.

To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.

To grant or promise by covenant.

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.

(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return

To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.

Enter into a covenenant

To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.

Enter into a covenant or formal agreement;

Be in accord; be in agreement;

Consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something;

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

Go together;

Show grammatical agreement;

Be agreeable or suitable;

Achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose;