Statement vs Notion - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between statement and notion

is that statement is a declaration or remark while notion is mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

As a verb statement

is to provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

statement

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)

A declaration or remark.

A presentation of opinion or position.

(finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.

a bank statement

(computing) An instruction in a computer program.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

* environmental impact statement * fashion statement * financial statement * impact statement * mission statement * statemental * victim impact statement * vision statement

Etymology 2

and statemented

Verb

(en verb)

To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

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notion

English

(wikipedia notion) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)

Mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

* (Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)

What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.

* (George Cheyne) (1671-1743)

Few agree in their notions about these words.

* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)

That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.

* (Alexander Hamilton) (ca.1756-1804)

Notion , again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.

A sentiment; an opinion.

* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.

* (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)

A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.

*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke

(label) Sense; mind. Shakespeare.

(label) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, such as a button or zipper.

(label) Inclination; intention; disposition.

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