Assertion vs Fact - What's the difference?
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As a noun assertion is the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. As an initialism fact is federation against copyright theft.
assertion English
Noun
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The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
(computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
Related terms
* assertoric
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fact English
Noun
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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:
- She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact , / Against that nation [...].
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(obsolete) Feat.
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An honest observation.
Something actual as opposed to invented.
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Something which has become real.
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Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
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An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of people.
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Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
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Antonyms
* (Something actual) fiction
Derived 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
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* question of fact
Related terms
* fashion
* faction
* factor
* factorial
* factory
* factotum
See also
* value
* opinion
* belief
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Interjection
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Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
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