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Conclusion vs Assumption - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between conclusion and assumption

is that conclusion is an estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position while assumption is the minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

As nouns the difference between conclusion and assumption

is that conclusion is the end, finish, close or last part of something while assumption is the act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

conclusion

Noun

(en noun)
  • The end, finish, close or last part of something.
  • * Prescott
  • A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
  • The outcome or result of a process or act.
  • A decision reached after careful thought.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.
    The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.
  • *
  • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions' are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound ' conclusions . Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you geth
  • (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
  • * Addison
  • He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion .
  • (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.
  • (legal) The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
  • (legal) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
  • (Wharton)

    Antonyms

    * (end) beginning, initiation, start

    Coordinate terms

    * (in logic) premise

    assumption

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
  • His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
  • The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
  • Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
  • The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10 citation
  • , passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}
  • (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
  • The taking of a person up into heaven.
  • A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
  • (rhetoric) Assumptio.
  • Synonyms

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