Opine vs Believe - What's the difference?
opine | believe |
To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
To give one's formal opinion (on'' or ''upon something).
(biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours
(label) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
* 1611 , (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 :
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, title= (label) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
(label) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
In intransitive terms the difference between opine and believe
is that opine is to have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that) while believe is to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.As a noun opine
is any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours.opine
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) opiner, from (etyl) ; see optate and opt.Verb
(opin)- I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
- ''"Your decisions," she opined , "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
- I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
Derived terms
* opinationEtymology 2
From Latin and Ancient Greek + (-ine).Noun
(wikipedia opine) (en noun)External links
* * ----believe
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Alternative forms
* beleeve (obsolete)Verb
(believ)- (Here, the speaker merely accepts the accuracy of the conditional.)
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us
Magician’s brain, passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}