Assumed vs Believed - What's the difference?
assumed | believed |
(assume)
Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=22 Supposed or presumed.
(believe)
(label) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
* 1611 , (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 :
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (label) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
(label) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
As verbs the difference between assumed and believed
is that assumed is past tense of assume while believed is past tense of believe.As an adjective assumed
is used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.assumed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Appleby
Derived terms
* assumed nameAnagrams
*believed
English
Verb
(head)believe
English
Alternative forms
* beleeve (obsolete)Verb
(believ)- (Here, the speaker merely accepts the accuracy of the conditional.)
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us
Magician’s brain, passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}