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Surmised vs Presumed - What's the difference?

surmised | presumed |

As verbs the difference between surmised and presumed

is that surmised is past tense of surmise while presumed is past tense of presume.

As an adjective presumed is

appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.

surmised

English

Verb

(head)
  • (surmise)

    • surmise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
    • surmises of jealousy or of envy
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practices contradict his profession; not upon small surmises .
  • * 1919 ,
    • The meeting had been devoid of incident. No word had been said to give me anything to think about, and any surmises I might make were unwarranted. I was intrigued.
  • Reflection; thought; posit.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (surmis)
  • To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

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    presumed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (presume)

    • Adjective

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

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