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Affirmation vs Suggestion - What's the difference?

affirmation | suggestion |

As nouns the difference between affirmation and suggestion

is that affirmation is that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true while suggestion is (countable) something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for ).

affirmation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
  • A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

    • Synonyms

    * assertion

    Derived terms

    * self-affirmation

    See also

    * (wikipedia "affirmation") ----

    suggestion

    English

    (wikipedia suggestion)

    Noun

  • (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for )
    • I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
    Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
  • (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
    • Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
  • (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
    • He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

    Synonyms

    * (something suggested) proposal * See also

    Derived terms

    * autosuggestion * hypnotic suggestion * power of suggestion * suggestion box

    Related terms

    * suggest * suggestive