Expectation vs Assumption - What's the difference?
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The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
That which is expected or looked for.
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, passage=And so it had always pleased M. Stutz to expect great things from the dark young man whom he had first seen in his early twenties?; and his expectations had waxed rather than waned on hearing the faint bruit of the love of Ivor and Virginia—for Virginia, M. Stutz thought, would bring fineness to a point in a man like Ivor Marlay,
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
*1816 , (Jane Austen), , Vol.1 Ch.7:
*:Emma was not sorry to be pressed. She read, and was surprized. The style of the letter was much above her expectation . There were not merely no grammatical errors, but as a composition it would not have disgraced a gentleman; the language, though plain, was strong and unaffected, and the sentiments it conveyed very much to the credit of the writer. It was short, but expressed good sense, warm attachment, liberality, propriety, even delicacy of feeling. She paused over it, while Harriet stood anxiously watching for her opinion, with a "Well, well," and was at last forced to add, "Is it a good letter? or is it too short?"
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
(lb) The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
(lb) The arithmetic mean.
The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10
, passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
As nouns the difference between assumption and expectation
is that assumption is the act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting while expectation is the act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.expectation
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Noun
(en noun)“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./1/1
Usage notes
* (value of any chance) Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.Synonyms
* (sense) arithmetic mean; averageSee also
* (statistics)assumption
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
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