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Assume vs. Think — What's the Difference?

Assume vs. Think — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Assume and Think

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Assume

To take for granted; suppose
The study assumes that prices will rise.

Think

To have or formulate in the mind
Think the happiest thought you can think.

Assume

To take upon oneself (a duty or obligation)
Assume responsibility.
Assume another's debts.

Think

To reason about or reflect on; ponder
Think how complex language is. Think the matter through.

Assume

To undertake the duties of (an office)
Assumed the presidency.
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Think

To decide by reasoning, reflection, or pondering
Thinking what to do.

Assume

To take on (an appearance, role, or form, for example); adopt
"The god assumes a human form" (John Ruskin).

Think

To judge or regard; look upon
I think it only fair.

Assume

To pretend to have; feign
Assume an air of authority.

Think

To believe; suppose
Always thought he was right.

Assume

To take over without justification; seize
Assume control.

Think

To expect; hope
They thought she'd arrive early.

Assume

To clothe oneself in; don
The queen assumed a velvet robe.

Think

To intend
She thinks to defeat the incumbent in the election.

Assume

To take up or receive into heaven.

Think

To call to mind; remember
I can't think what her name was.

Assume

To make a supposition; suppose or believe
"Is Kay's husband coming to dinner too?" "I assume so.".

Think

To visualize; imagine
Think what a scene it will be at the reunion.

Assume

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.

Think

To devise or evolve; invent
Thought up a plan to get rich quick.

Assume

To take on a position, duty or form
Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found.

Think

To bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
He thought himself into a panic over the impending examination.

Assume

To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate
He assumed an air of indifference

Think

To concentrate one's thoughts on; keep as a point of focus
Think victory.

Assume

To receive, adopt (a person)

Think

To exercise the power of reason, as by conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and using judgment
My cold made it difficult to think.

Assume

To adopt (an idea or cause)

Think

To consider or weigh an idea
They are thinking about moving.

Assume

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne.
The god assumed his native form again.

Think

To bring a thought to mind by using the imagination
No one before had thought of bifocal glasses.

Assume

To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
The consequences of assumed principles.

Think

To recall a thought or an image to mind
She thought of her childhood when she saw the movie.

Assume

To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
Ambition assuming the mask of religion.
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.

Think

To have a belief, supposition, or opinion
He thinks of himself as a wit. It's later than you think.

Assume

To receive or adopt.
The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company.

Think

To have care or consideration
Think first of the ones you love.

Assume

To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.

Think

To use the mind in a certain way
He thinks just like you do—always worrying.

Assume

To undertake, as by a promise.

Think

Requiring much thought to create or assimilate
A think book.

Assume

Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof;
I assume his train was late

Think

The act or an instance of deliberate or extended thinking; a meditation.

Assume

Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;
When will the new President assume office?

Think

(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.
Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.

Assume

Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;
His voice took on a sad tone
The story took a new turn
He adopted an air of superiority
She assumed strange manners
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables

Think

(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.

Assume

Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
I'll accept the charges
She agreed to bear the responsibility

Think

(intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
I tend to think of her as rather ugly.

Assume

Occupy or take on;
He assumes the lotus position
She took her seat on the stage
We took our seats in the orchestra
She took up her position behind the tree
Strike a pose

Think

(transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.
I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.
I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.
Boxing is thought to be a dangerous sport.

Assume

Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession;
He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
He usurped my rights
She seized control of the throne after her husband died

Think

(transitive) To guess; to reckon.
I think she’ll pass the examination.

Assume

Make a pretence of;
She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
He feigned sleep

Think

To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).

Assume

Christianity, obsolete; take up someone's soul into heaven;
This is the day when May was assumed into heaven

Think

To presume; to venture.

Assume

Put clothing on one's body;
What should I wear today?
He put on his best suit for the wedding
The princess donned a long blue dress
The queen assumed the stately robes
He got into his jeans

Think

To seem, to appear.

Think

An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
I'll have a think about that and let you know.

Think

To seem or appear; - used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

Think

To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
For that I amI know, because I think.

Think

To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
Well thought upon; I have it here.

Think

To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
And when he thought thereon, he wept.
He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Think

To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
Let them marry to whom they think best.

Think

To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
I thought to promote thee unto great honor.
Thou thought'st to help me.

Think

To presume; to venture.
Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.

Think

To conceive; to imagine.
Charity . . . thinketh no evil.

Think

To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
So little womanhoodAnd natural goodness, as to think the deathOf her own son.

Think

To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Nor think superfluous other's aid.

Think

Act of thinking; a thought.

Think

An instance of deliberate thinking;
I need to give it a good think

Think

Judge or regard; look upon; judge;
I think he is very smart
I believe her to be very smart
I think that he is her boyfriend
The racist conceives such people to be inferior

Think

Expect, believe, or suppose;
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
I thought to find her in a bad state
He didn't think to find her in the kitchen
I guess she is angry at me for standing her up

Think

Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments;
I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere

Think

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;
I can't remember saying any such thing
I can't think what her last name was
Can you remember her phone number?
Do you remember that he once loved you?
Call up memories

Think

Imagine or visualize;
Just think--you could be rich one day!
Think what a scene it must have been!

Think

Focus one's attention on a certain state;
Think big
Think thin

Think

Have in mind as a purpose;
I mean no harm
I only meant to help you
She didn't think to harm me
We thought to return early that night

Think

Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting;
Can you think what to do next?

Think

Ponder; reflect on, or reason about;
Think the matter through
Think how hard life in Russia must be these days

Think

Dispose the mind in a certain way;
Do you really think so?

Think

Have or formulate in the mind;
Think good thoughts

Think

Be capable of conscious thought;
Man is the only creature that thinks

Think

Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation;
She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam

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