Haphazard vs Conjecture - What's the difference?
haphazard | conjecture |
random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent
(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a .
(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
(mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally (l).
(obsolete) of signs and omens.
(formal) To ; to venture an unproven idea.
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As an adjective haphazard
is random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.As a verb conjecture is
.haphazard
English
Adjective
(-)- Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time.
Antonyms
* systematicconjecture
English
Noun
- I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
- The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
Synonyms
* * See alsoVerb
(conjectur)- I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
- Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.