Vagueness vs Uncertainty - What's the difference?
vagueness | uncertainty |
(uncountable) The condition of being unclear; vague.
(countable) Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness.
* 1857 , Thomas Cogswell Upham, Elements of Mental Philosophy , page 329
(uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty , then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 9, author=Mandeep Sanghera, work=BBC Sport
, title= (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
(uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
Uncertainty is a conjunction of vagueness.
In uncountable terms the difference between vagueness and uncertainty
is that vagueness is the condition of being unclear; vague while uncertainty is doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.In countable terms the difference between vagueness and uncertainty
is that vagueness is something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness while uncertainty is something uncertain or ambiguous.vagueness
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- If a man's deep and conscientious regard for the truth be such that he cannot, consistently with the requisitions of his moral nature, repeat to others mere vaguenesses and uncertainties, he will naturally give such strict and serious attention to the present objects of inquiry and knowledge, that they will remain in his memory afterward with remarkable distinctness and permanency.
uncertainty
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Tottenham 1-2 Norwich, passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}