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Presumed vs Probable - What's the difference?

presumed | probable |

As adjectives the difference between presumed and probable

is that presumed is appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it while probable is likely or most likely to be true.

As a verb presumed

is (presume).

presumed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (presume)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.

    • Anagrams

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    probable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Likely or most likely to be true.
    • It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
    The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
  • Likely to happen.
    • With all the support we have, success is looking probable .
  • Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
    • probable''' evidence; '''probable presumption
    (Blackstone)
  • (obsolete) Capable of being proved.

    • Related terms

    * probability * probable cause * probably

    Antonyms

    * improbable

    See also

    * possible * probeable

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