Fact vs Aspect - What's the difference?
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(archaic) Action; the realm of action.
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A wrongful or criminal deed.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.ix:
(obsolete) Feat.
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An honest observation.
Something actual as opposed to invented.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=2 Something which has become real.
Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people.
Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something
One's appearance or expression.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Dryden)
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, chapter=4, title= * 2009 , (Hilary Mantel), (Wolf Hall) , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 145:
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
Prospect; outlook.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Evelyn)
(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Francis Bacon)
* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Walter Scott)
(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Thomas Burnet)
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(computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
In obsolete terms the difference between fact and aspect
is that fact is feat while aspect is appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.As nouns the difference between fact and aspect
is that fact is action; the realm of action while aspect is the way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.As an interjection fact
is used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.As an initialism FACT
is federation Against Copyright Theft.fact
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Noun
(en noun)- She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact , / Against that nation [...].
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Antonyms
* (Something actual) fictionDerived terms
* factual * factoid * accessory after the fact * accessory before the fact * after the fact * as a matter of fact * attorney-in-fact * contrary to fact * fact-finding * fact-finder * fact of life * fact or fiction * fact sheet * finding of fact * in fact * in point of fact * * question of factSee also
* value * opinion * beliefExternal links
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(wikipedia aspect)Noun
(en noun)- serious in aspect
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect .}}
- It is Stephen Gardiner, black and scowling, his aspect in no way improved by his trip to Rome.
- This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended.
- (Milton)
- The basilisk killeth by aspect .
- His aspect was bent on the ground.
- the true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish
- the aspect of affairs
