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Suspected vs Postulate - What's the difference?

suspected | postulate |

As adjectives the difference between suspected and postulate

is that suspected is of something or one believed to be of cause or at fault while postulate is postulated.

As verbs the difference between suspected and postulate

is that suspected is past tense of suspect while postulate is to assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.

As a noun postulate is

something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.

suspected

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of something or one believed to be of cause or at fault.
  • :Bring in the suspected vandal.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (suspect)
  • postulate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.
  • A fundamental element; a basic principle.
  • (logic) An axiom.
  • A requirement; a prerequisite.
  • Verb

    (postulat)
  • To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
  • * 1883 , , Prop. XXII,
  • But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause;
  • * 1911 , Encyclopædia Britannica , "",
  • [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite ?? ???????.
  • (ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
  • * 1874 , John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld , Vol 1, p. xvi
  • [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination was never completed.
  • (ambitransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Postulated.
  • (Hudibras)
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