Fact vs Theorem - What's the difference?

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Fact is a related term of theorem.

As an initialism fact

is federation against copyright theft.

As a noun theorem is

theorem.

fact

English

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) Action; the realm of action.

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.

An honest observation.

Something actual as opposed to invented.

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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

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Interjection

(en interjection)

Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

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theorem

English

Noun

(en noun)

(mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions''. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called ''lemmas

(mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true; as, (as which it was known long before it was proved in the 1990s.)

(logic) a syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system

Synonyms

* (proven statement): lemma, proposition, statement * (unproven statement): conjecture * See also

Holonyms

* theory

Derived terms

* central limit theorem * Pythagorean theorem * binomial theorem * * intercept theorem

Verb

(en verb)

to formulate into a theorem

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