Deem vs Claim - What's the difference?
deem | claim |
(obsolete) To judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom.
(obsolete) To adjudge; decree.
(obsolete) To dispense (justice); administer (law).
(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or hold as an opinion; decide or believe on consideration; suppose.
* Emerson
To hold in belief or estimation; adjudge as a conclusion; regard as being; evaluate according to one's beliefs; account.
To have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think.
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.
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
To proclaim.
To call or name.
In intransitive terms the difference between deem and claim
is that deem is to have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think while claim is to be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.As verbs the difference between deem and claim
is that deem is to judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom while claim is to demand ownership of.As nouns the difference between deem and claim
is that deem is an opinion; judgement; surmise while claim is a demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).deem
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Verb
(en verb)- And deemest thou as those who pore, / With aged eyes, short way before?
- She deemed his efforts insufficient.
Synonyms
* judge * consider; see alsoDerived terms
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* * * ----claim
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Alternative forms
* claym (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. SeeVerb
(en verb)- We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
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