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Fact vs Rudiment - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between fact and rudiment

is that fact is action; the realm of action while rudiment is a fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).

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

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 [...].
  • (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)
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  • 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.

    • 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.

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    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    rudiment

    English

    (wikipedia rudiment)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).
    • We learn the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
  • * Shakespeare
    • This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
  • Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural).
    • I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
  • * Milton
    • But I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit / Those rudiments , and see before thine eyes / The monarchies of the earth.
  • * I. Taylor
    • The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.
  • (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
  • (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.

    • Hypernyms

    * (biology) vestigiality

    Derived terms

    * rudimental * rudimentary

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