Conclusion vs Explanation - What's the difference?
conclusion | explanation |
The end, finish, close or last part of something.
* Prescott
The outcome or result of a process or act.
A decision reached after careful thought.
* Shakespeare
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(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
* Addison
(obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
* Francis Bacon
(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.
The act or process of explaining.
Something that explains, makes understandable.
(euphemistic) An excuse, apologetic justification not based on enough evidence.
As nouns the difference between conclusion and explanation
is that conclusion is while explanation is the act or process of explaining.conclusion
English
(wikipedia conclusion)Noun
(en noun)- A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
- 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
- He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion .
- We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.
- (Wharton)
Antonyms
* (end) beginning, initiation, startCoordinate terms
* (in logic) premiseexplanation
English
(wikipedia explanation)Noun
(en noun)- The explanation was long and drawn-out.
- An explanation for each UFO sighting was easily found.
- expense.