Proposition vs Request - What's the difference?
proposition | request |
(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
(countable) An idea or a plan offered.
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(countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
(countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
(countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion.
(countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
(countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
* Jeremy Taylor
(poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
To propose a plan to (someone).
To propose some illicit behaviour to (someone). Often sexual in nature.
Act of (l).
* Shakespeare
A formal (l) requesting something.
of being sought after.
* Sir W. Temple
(obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
* Bible, Psalms cvi. 15
As nouns the difference between proposition and request
is that proposition is (uncountable) the act of offering (an idea) for consideration while request is act of (l).As verbs the difference between proposition and request
is that proposition is to propose a plan to (someone) while request is to express the need or desire for.proposition
English
Noun
- the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
- Some persons change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.
Synonyms
* (act of offering an idea for consideration) proposal, suggestion * (idea or plan offered) proposal, suggestion * (terms offered) proposal * (content of an assertion) statement * (proposed statute or constitutional amendment)Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* propositional ----request
English
Noun
(en noun)- I will marry her, sir, at your request .
- Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now.
- He gave them their request .
