Assumed vs Uncertain - What's the difference?
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(assume)
Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=22 Supposed or presumed.
Not certain; unsure.
*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
*:Man, without the protection of a superior Being,is uncertain of everything that he hopes for.
Not known for certain; questionable.
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Not yet determined; undecided.
Variable and subject to change.
Fitful or unsteady.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
Unpredictable or capricious.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:O woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain , coy, and hard to please!
Assumed is a related term of uncertain.
As adjectives the difference between assumed and uncertain
is that assumed is used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious while uncertain is not certain; unsure.As a verb assumed
is (assume).assumed
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