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Estimation vs Predication - What's the difference?

estimation | predication |

As nouns the difference between estimation and predication

is that estimation is the process of making an estimate while predication is predication.

estimation

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of making an estimate.
  • The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
  • Esteem or favourable regard.

    • Derived terms

    * estimate

    Related terms

    * esteem

    predication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A proclamation, announcement or preaching
  • An assertion or affirmation
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 1965-06-04 , author = Shigeyuki Kuroda , title = Generative grammatical studies in the Japanese language , site = DSpace@MIT , url = http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/13006 , accessdate = 2014-02-24 }}
    It can be immediately observed from these sentences that the English subject of a predication is translated in Japanese with a wa-phrase, while the subject of a nonpredicational description appears as a ga-phrase.
  • (logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition
  • (computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated

    • See also

    * prediction

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989