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Guesswork vs Assumption - What's the difference?

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Guesswork is a related term of assumption.


As nouns the difference between guesswork and assumption

is that guesswork is an estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information while assumption is the act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up|taking up or adopting.

guesswork

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Noun

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  • An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
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  • See also

    * dead reckoning

    assumption

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
  • His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
  • The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
  • Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
  • The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10 citation
  • , passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}
  • (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
  • The taking of a person up into heaven.
  • A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
  • (rhetoric) Assumptio.
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