Purported vs Ostensibly - What's the difference?
purported | ostensibly |
Supposed, or assumed to be.
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Normally assumed to be.
Said by some people to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be so
(purport)
(modal) seemingly, apparently, on the surface
* 1889 , Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee, Dictionary of national biography
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* 2007 , Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson, Sandworms of Dune
As an adjective purported
is supposed, or assumed to be.As a verb purported
is (purport).As an adverb ostensibly is
(modal) seemingly, apparently, on the surface.purported
English
Adjective
(head)citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*ostensibly
English
Adverb
(-)- On 13 June the peshwa signed a new treaty, ostensibly complying with the demands of the British government...
- Up to a year or two ago it had been the custom to kill horses in the yards — ostensibly for fertilizer...
- People strive to achieve perfection — ostensibly an honorable goal — but complete perfection is dangerous. To be imperfect, but human, is far preferable.