In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between fact and lore
is that
fact is (obsolete) feat while
lore is (obsolete) (
lose).
As nouns the difference between fact and lore
is that
fact is (archaic) action; the realm of action while
lore is all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience or
lore can be (anatomy) the region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
As a interjection fact
is used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
As a verb lore is
(obsolete) (
lose).
fact English
Noun
( en noun)
(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.
*
An honest observation.
Something actual as opposed to invented.
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* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
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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
*
* question of fact
Related terms
* fashion
* faction
* factor
* factorial
* factory
* factotum
See also
* value
* opinion
* belief
External links
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Interjection
( en interjection)
Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Statistics
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lore English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lore, from (etyl) '', German ''Lehre . See also (l).
Noun
all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
- the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
* Milton
- His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore .
The backstory created around a fictional universe.
(obsolete) workmanship
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* birdlore
* booklore
* catlore
* doglore
* faxlore
* fishlore
* folklore
* photocopylore
* woodlore
* wortlore
* xeroxlore
Etymology 2
From (etyl)
Noun
( en noun)
(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
Derived terms
* lored
Etymology 3
Verb
( head)
(obsolete) (lose)
* Spenser
- Neither of them she found where she them lore .
Anagrams
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