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Assertion vs Insinuation - What's the difference?

assertion | insinuation |

As nouns the difference between assertion and insinuation

is that assertion is the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced while insinuation is the act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

assertion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
  • Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
  • (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.

    • Related terms

    * assertoric

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    insinuation

    English

    (wikipedia insinuation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
  • The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
  • The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
  • That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
  • * slander may be conveyed by insinuations .

    • Related terms

    * insinuate * insinuator

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