Suppose vs Scream - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between suppose and scream

is that suppose is to take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe while scream is to cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

As a noun scream is

a loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/.

suppose

English

Verb

(suppos)

To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

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To theorize or hypothesize.

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To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

* (Bible), 2 (w) xiii. 32

Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.

As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.

To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.

Purpose supposes foresight.

* 1752 , (Charlotte Lennox), (The Female Quixote)

One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected.

To put by fraud in the place of another.

Synonyms

* assume (1,2) * See also

Derived terms

* supposable * supposed to (idiom) * supposedly

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scream

English

Noun

(en noun)

A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/.

(music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.

(informal) (Used as an intensifier)

We had a real scream of a time at the beach.

Verb

(en verb)

To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

* Shakespeare

I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.

To move quickly; to race.

''He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.

Synonyms

* See also

Anagrams

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