Sunday, February 5, 2012

What's the difference between "Judgement" and "Judgment" besides the spelling?

I've looked up both definitions and these two terms are both recognized under the dictionary, however the only minor difference known to me is that one possesses a letter E while the other one is absent of that letter. Any REAL known differences to these two terms please? THANKS!What's the difference between "Judgement" and "Judgment" besides the spelling?
No difference at all. Same word with two spellings that are accepted.



This phenomenon is common among British and American English words like centre/center, programme/program, realise/realize, etc.



It's not so unusual to have a word that can be spelled two different ways and mean the same thing.
The only difference is in the spelling. Judgement is actually a variant of judgment. Judgment is more commonly accepted as the proper spelling. In fact, my spellchecker is underlining judgement right now.



* "USAGE In British English, the normal spelling in general contexts is judgement. However, the spelling judgment is conventional in legal contexts, and standard in North American English."What's the difference between "Judgement" and "Judgment" besides the spelling?
Besides the spelling, absolutely no difference whatsoever. When I first came across judgment years ago I thought it was a spelling or printing error but found it was simply what I like to think of as the modern accepted spelling of the word I originally knew as judgement.
"Judgment" is American, established by Noah Webster in his early-nineteenth-century spelling book and his dictionary, the first in the US. "Judgement" is British. It's that simple.What's the difference between "Judgement" and "Judgment" besides the spelling?
One is the OLD English spelling from England and the other is the modern English spelling from America. Both are correct.

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