Conjecture vs Confecture - What's the difference?
conjecture | confecture |
(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a .
(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
(mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally (l).
(obsolete) of signs and omens.
(formal) To ; to venture an unproven idea.
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In obsolete terms the difference between conjecture and confecture
is that conjecture is interpretation of signs and omens while confecture is conjecture, hypothesis.As nouns the difference between conjecture and confecture
is that conjecture is a statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess while confecture is confiture.As a verb conjecture
is to guess; to venture an unproven idea.conjecture
English
Noun
- I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
- The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
Synonyms
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(conjectur)- I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
- Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.