postulate

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and postulate

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while postulate is .

As nouns the difference between belief and postulate

is that belief is mental acceptance of a claim as likely true while postulate is .

As verbs the difference between postulate and hypothesize

is that postulate is to assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument while hypothesize is to hypothesise.

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.

As an adjective postulate

is postulated.

As nouns the difference between hypothesis and postulate

is that hypothesis is used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there while postulate is something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.

As a verb postulate is

to assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.

As an adjective postulate is

postulated.

As nouns the difference between postulate and postulator

is that postulate is something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument while postulator is a person who postulates something as the basis of an argument.

As a verb postulate

is to assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.

As an adjective postulate

is postulated.

As nouns the difference between postulate and postulatum

is that postulate is while postulatum is variant of postulate.

As a noun postulate

is .

As an adjective unpostulated is

not having been postulated.

As nouns the difference between postulate and pomeron

is that postulate is while pomeron is (physics) a regge trajectory postulated in 1961 to explain the slowly rising cross section of hadronic collisions at high energies.