Proposition vs Thought - What's the difference?
proposition | thought |
(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
(countable) An idea or a plan offered.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}
(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.
Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts , and I by others not less disturbing.}}
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, title= (uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
* (Paul Fix)
A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
(think)
In uncountable terms the difference between proposition and thought
is that proposition is the act of offering (an idea) for consideration while thought is the process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.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 ----thought
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Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia thought) (en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts .}}
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.
