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Supposition vs Conjecture - What's the difference?

supposition | conjecture |

As nouns the difference between supposition and conjecture

is that supposition is something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture while conjecture is a statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.

As a verb conjecture is

to guess; to venture an unproven idea.

supposition

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture
  • The act or an instance of supposing

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    conjecture

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    Noun

  • (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a .
    • I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.
  • (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
    • The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
  • (mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally (l).
  • (obsolete) of signs and omens.

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    * conject * conjectural

    Verb

    (conjectur)
  • (formal) To ; to venture an unproven idea.
    • I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.
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    • Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.

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