Assumption vs. Posit — What's the Difference?

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

Put forward as fact or as a basis for argument

The action of taking on power or responsibility

Put in position; place

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

A statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.

Arrogance or presumption.

To assume or put forward, as for consideration or the basis of argument

The act of taking to or upon oneself

To place firmly in position.

The act of taking possession or asserting a claim

Something that is posited; a postulate.

The act of taking for granted

(aviation) position

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

Assume the existence of; to postulate.

(Archaic) Presumption; arrogance.

Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.

(Logic) A minor premise.

Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

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.

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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

To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.

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

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

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

Put (something somewhere) firmly;

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

Put before;

The taking of a person up into heaven.

Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom;

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;