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Assumed vs Estimated - What's the difference?

assumed | estimated |

As verbs the difference between assumed and estimated

is that assumed is past tense of assume while estimated is past tense of estimate.

As an adjective assumed

is used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.

assumed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (assume)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=22 citation , passage=Appleby
  • Supposed or presumed.

    • Derived terms

    * assumed name

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    estimated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (estimate)
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.}}

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)

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