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Sceptic vs Denier - What's the difference?

sceptic | denier |

As a noun sceptic

is someone who is undecided as to what is true and enquires after facts.

As a verb denier is

to deny.

sceptic

English

Alternative forms

* skeptic (US )

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who is undecided as to what is true and enquires after facts.
  • Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs and claims presented by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim.

    • Usage notes

    Sceptic is more commonly used in the British Commonwealth, while in the US skeptic is used instead.

    Related terms

    * sceptical * scepticism

    denier

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
  • * 2011 , (Norman Davies), Vanished Kingdoms , Penguin 2012, p. 117:
    • A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
  • A unit of weight which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery.
  • * 2002 , (Jill Mansell), Staying at Daisy's :
    • Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.

    See also

    * tex

    Etymology 2

    (deny).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Person who something.
    • Holocaust denier (see )
    Global warming denier (see )
    AIDS denier (see )
    Related terms
    * denialism * denialist

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