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Presupposition vs Precondition - What's the difference?

presupposition | precondition |

As nouns the difference between presupposition and precondition

is that presupposition is an assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation while precondition is a requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.

As a verb precondition is

to condition in advance.

presupposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
  • * 2010 , Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass , Arrow 2011, p. 40:
    • He made one cardinal error in his presuppositions about the relation between language and perception, but in this he was far from alone.
  • The act of presupposing.

    • Synonyms

    * (assumption) assumption, conjecture

    precondition

    English

    Noun

  • A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.
    • A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.

    Derived terms

    * preconditional

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (medicine, biology) To condition in advance
  • * {{quote-journal, 1996, C. Weinbrenner et al., Loss of glycogen during preconditioning is not a prerequisite for protection of the rabbit heart , Basic Research in Cardiology, volume=91, issue=5 citation
    • , passage= The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.}}