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Appears vs Assumed - What's the difference?

appears | assumed |

As verbs the difference between appears and assumed

is that appears is (appear) while assumed is (assume).

As an adjective assumed is

used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.

appears

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appear)
  • * 1846 , George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2 , page 474
    • It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.

    assumed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (assume)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=22 citation , passage=Appleby
  • Supposed or presumed.

    • Derived terms

    * assumed name

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