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Assumption vs Rudiment - What's the difference?

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Assumption is a related term of rudiment.


As nouns the difference between assumption and rudiment

is that assumption is the act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up|taking up or adopting while rudiment is a fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).

assumption

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
    • His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
  • The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
    • Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
  • The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10 citation
    • , passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}
  • (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
  • The taking of a person up into heaven.
  • A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
  • (rhetoric) Assumptio.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * assume * assumptive

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    rudiment

    English

    (wikipedia rudiment)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).
    • We learn the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
  • * Shakespeare
    • This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
  • Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural).
    • I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
  • * Milton
    • But I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit / Those rudiments , and see before thine eyes / The monarchies of the earth.
  • * I. Taylor
    • The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.
  • (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
  • (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.

    • Hypernyms

    * (biology) vestigiality

    Derived terms

    * rudimental * rudimentary

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