assurance vs warranty

assurance

noun
  • Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. 

  • Subjective certainty of one's salvation. 

  • The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence. 

  • Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. 

  • Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. 

  • The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty. 

  • Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity 

warranty

noun
  • A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate. 

  • A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that repairs will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a fault. 

  • A guarantee that a certain outcome or obligation will be fulfilled; security. 

  • A stipulation of an insurance policy made by an insuree, guaranteeing that the facts of the policy are true and the insurance risk is as stated, which if not fulfilled renders the policy void. 

  • Justification or mandate to do something, especially in terms of one’s personal conduct. 

verb
  • To warrant; to guarantee. 

How often have the words assurance and warranty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )