Suggest vs Assert - What's the difference?
suggest | assert |
To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
* (John Locke)
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis, work=Guardian
, title= To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
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, title= To ask for without demanding.
To recommend.
* , chapter=19
, title= (obsolete) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
* (William Shakespeare)
(computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
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, author=Colin Allen
, title=Do I See What You See?
, volume=100, issue=2, page=168
, magazine=(American Scientist)
To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
(computer science) To make true; to make equal to 1. (rfex)
As verbs the difference between suggest and assert
is that suggest is to imply but stop short of saying explicitly while assert is to declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.As a noun assert is
an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.suggest
English
Verb
(en verb)- Some ideas are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.
Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3, passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}}
Sarah Boseley
Children shun vegetables and fruit, passage=The [British Heart Foundation's] data […] suggests there has been little improvement in eating, drinking and exercise habits in spite of the concern about obesity and the launch of the government's child measurement programme, which warns parents if their children are overweight. About a third of under-16s across the UK are either overweight or obese.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
- Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested .
Usage notes
* (ask for without demanding) This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the form ending in -ing ). SeeSynonyms
* (imply but stop short of saying explicitly) allude, hint, imply, insinuate * (ask for without demanding) propose * See alsoDerived terms
* suggestion * suggestiveSee also
* (Suggestion)External links
* * * English reporting verbsassert
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
- he would often assert his beliefs to us
- to assert one's authority
- Salman Rushdie has asserted his right ... to be identified as the author of this work
- The quasi-judicial pre-grant process of asserting patent rights and appeals procedures during patent examination; 'to assert' patent rights means to defend or maintain patent rights.
