Assumption vs. Dormition — What's the Difference?

A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof

The process of falling asleep.

The action of taking on power or responsibility

(euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.

The reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven. This was formally declared a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950.

The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.

Arrogance or presumption.

Celebration in the Eastern Orthodox church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic church and is also celebrated on August 15th

The act of taking to or upon oneself

The act of taking possession or asserting a claim

The act of taking for granted

Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof; a supposition

(Archaic) Presumption; arrogance.

(Logic) A minor premise.

Assumption(Christianity)The taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven in body and soul after her death, observed as a feast on August 15.

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.

(rhetoric) Assumptio.

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;

A hypothesis that is taken for granted;

The act of taking possession of or power over something;

Celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox church

Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;

(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

The act of assuming or taking for granted;