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Assertion vs Upholding - What's the difference?

assertion | upholding | Synonyms |

Assertion is a synonym of upholding.


As nouns the difference between assertion and upholding

is that assertion is the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced while upholding is the act by which something is upheld.

As a verb upholding is

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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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    upholding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is upheld.
  • * 2010 , Tom S. Clark, The Limits of Judicial Independence

    • Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs