News vs Claim - What's the difference?
news | claim |
New information of interest.
Reports of current events broadcast via media such as newspapers or television.
(computing, internet) posts published on newsgroups
A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
A new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified.
A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
To demand ownership of.
To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
To demand ownership or right to use for land.
(legal) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
* John Locke
To proclaim.
To call or name.
As nouns the difference between news and claim
is that news is (latest) news while claim is claim.news
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Noun
(wikipedia news) (en-noun)- Is there any news about the storm?
- That was not much news in the press release.
- Did you listen to the news tonight?
- The news is that Mr. Jones died yesterday from cancer.
Derived terms
* bad news * good news * hard news * local news * national news * news agency * newsagent * news feature * newsflash * newsman * newspaper * newsreader * news report * news reporter * news station * news stream * no news is good news * slow news day * soft news * that's news to me * world news * breaking news * news feedStatistics
*claim
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Alternative forms
* claym (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim. * The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. SeeVerb
(en verb)- We must know how the first ruler, from whom anyone claims , came by his authority.
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