Guess vs Demand - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between guess and demand

is that guess is to reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion while demand is to request forcefully.

As nouns the difference between guess and demand

is that guess is a prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support while demand is the desire to purchase goods and services.

guess

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.

To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.

(chiefly, US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.

* Shakespeare

Not all together; better far, I guess , / That we do make our entrance several ways.

* Alexander Pope

But in known images of life I guess / The labour greater.

(obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

* Shakespeare

Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.

Synonyms

* hypothesize * take a stab * speculate

Derived terms

* foreguess * guess what * guessable * guesser * guessing game * guesstimate * guesswork * keep someone guessing * no prize for guessing * out-guess * second-guess * you'll never guess

Etymology 2

From (etyl) gesse. Cognate with (etyl) .

Noun

(es)

A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

If you don't know the answer, take a guess .

Synonyms

* estimate * hypothesis * prediction

Derived terms

* another-guess * anyone's guess * by guess or by gosh * educated guess * guesswork * guesstimate * otherguess * take a guess * your guess is as good as mine

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demand

English

Alternative forms

* demaund, demaunde (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

The desire to purchase goods and services.

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(economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.

A need.

A claim for something.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

A requirement.

An urgent request.

An order.

(electricity supply) A measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.

Usage notes

One can also make demands on someone. * See for uses and meaning of demand collocated with these words.

Synonyms

* (a requirement) imposition

Derived terms

* demand-driven * in demand * on demand

Verb

(en verb)

To request forcefully.

To claim a right to something.

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, title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}

To ask forcefully for information.

To require of someone.

(legal) To issue a summons to court.

Synonyms

* * (ask strongly)

Anagrams

* * English control verbs English reporting verbs