Assertion vs. Proposition — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Assertion and Proposition
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Assertion
The act of asserting.
Proposition
An offer of a private bargain, especially a request for sexual relations.
Assertion
Something declared or stated positively, often with no support or attempt at proof.
Proposition
In logic and linguistics, a proposition is the meaning of a declarative sentence. In philosophy, "meaning" is understood to be a non-linguistic entity which is shared by all sentences with the same meaning.
Assertion
The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
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Proposition
A plan suggested for acceptance; a proposal.
Assertion
Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
You're a man of strong assertions!
Proposition
A matter to be dealt with; a task
Finding affordable housing can be a difficult proposition.
Assertion
A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
That's just a bare assertion.
Proposition
A subject for discussion or analysis.
Assertion
Maintenance; vindication
The assertion of one's rights or prerogatives
Proposition
A statement that affirms or denies something.
Assertion
(computer programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
Proposition
The meaning expressed in such a statement, as opposed to the way it is expressed.
Assertion
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
There is a difference between assertion and demonstration.
Proposition
(Mathematics) A theorem.
Assertion
Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
Proposition
To propose a private bargain to, especially to propose sexual relations with.
Assertion
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Proposition
(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
Assertion
The act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Proposition
(countable) An idea or a plan offered.
Proposition
The terms of a transaction offered.
Proposition
In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
Proposition
(grammar) A complete sentence.
Proposition
The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.
“‘Wiktionary is a good dictionary’ is a proposition” is a proposition.
Proposition
An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
Proposition
An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
Proposition
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
The propositions of Wyclif and Huss
Proposition
(poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
Proposition
Misspelling of preposition
Proposition
To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
Proposition
To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
Proposition
The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
Proposition
That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.
Proposition
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.
Some persons . . . change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.
Proposition
A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.
Proposition
A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.
Proposition
That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
Proposition
The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
Proposition
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
Proposition
A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection;
It was a suggestion we couldn't refuse
Proposition
An offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
Proposition
The act of making a proposal;
They listened to her proposal
Proposition
A task to be dealt with;
Securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition
Proposition
Suggest sex to;
She was propositioned by a stranger at the party
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