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Assertion vs Asseveration - What's the difference?

assertion | asseveration |

Asseveration is a synonym of assertion.



As nouns the difference between assertion and asseveration

is that assertion is the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced while asseveration is an earnest affirmation or declaration of support.

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.
  • Anagrams

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    asseveration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An earnest affirmation or declaration of support.
  • * (Daniel Defoe)
  • No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations , damnings, and swearings he makes.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1865
  • , author=Johann Peter Lange , title=The Gospel according to Matthew , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=117 , passage=The true oath consists in the simple asseveration , uttered in perfect consciousness on solemn occasions...}}

    Synonyms

    * (earnest affirmation) averment, avowal

    Derived terms

    * asseverational