ChatterBank1 min ago
Assume or Presume?
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I was wondering what the difference is between assume & presume and it what context is it correct to use each one?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.In many situations - where the meaning is just 'to suppose' - the two words are effectively synonymous..ie mean pretty much the same thing. Otherwise, I wouldn't quite agree with what North Star has already suggested above.
It does depend on just how doubtful about the truth of the matter the speaker/writer is, but to assume means to take for granted as a basis for discussion (some doubt) and presume means just to take for granted or count on (no doubt).
It does depend on just how doubtful about the truth of the matter the speaker/writer is, but to assume means to take for granted as a basis for discussion (some doubt) and presume means just to take for granted or count on (no doubt).