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Speculative vs Suppositional - What's the difference?

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Speculative is a related term of suppositional.


As adjectives the difference between speculative and suppositional

is that speculative is while suppositional is resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.

speculative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions.
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  • *:"Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children cameand the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?"
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=June 4, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
  • , title= England 2-2 Switzerland , passage=Tranquillo Barnetta was the grateful beneficiary of uncertain England defending and poor goalkeeping from Joe Hart as he twice saw speculative free-kicks end in the back of the net in the first half.}}

    Derived terms

    * speculativeness

    See also

    * conjectural

    suppositional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
  • (South)
    (Webster 1913)