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Claim vs Believing - What's the difference?

claim | believing |

As nouns the difference between claim and believing

is that claim is a demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory) while believing is belief.

As verbs the difference between claim and believing

is that claim is to demand ownership of while believing is present participle of lang=en.

claim

English

Alternative forms

* claym (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
  • A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
  • A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
  • (legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

    • Usage notes

    * Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. See

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To demand ownership of.
  • To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
  • To demand ownership or right to use for land.
  • (legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
  • To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
  • * John Locke
    • We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
  • To proclaim.
    • (Spenser)
  • To call or name.
    • (Spenser)

    Related terms

    * claimable * claimant * claimer * disclaim * disclaimer

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs ----

    believing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • belief
  • * 2004 , Dermot Moran, ?Lester E. Embree, Phenomenology: Critical Concepts in Philosophy (volume 2, page 337)
    • Some believings are believings with simple certainty; others are more or less uncertain; still others are believings with a reassured certainty, perhaps after a time during which they were uncertain.