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Rumour vs Hearsay - What's the difference?

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Rumour is likely misspelled.


Rumour has no English definition.

As a noun hearsay is

information that was heard by one person about another.

rumour

English

(wikipedia rumour)

Noun

  • * Episode 16
    • Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
  • * 1599 , , JC II. iv. 18:
    • Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.

    hearsay

    English

    (wikipedia hearsay)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • information that was heard by one person about another
  • (legal) evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath
  • (legal) evidence: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally inadmissible because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions

    • Synonyms

    * report * rumor * common talk * gossip

    See also

    * hear * as they say * you know what they say * so they say

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