Opinion vs. Bias — What's the Difference?

An opinion is a judgement, viewpoint, or statement that is not conclusive, rather than facts, which are true statements.

Bias is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. Biases can be innate or learned.

A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof

A line going diagonally across the grain of fabric

A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert

A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.

A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing

An unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice.

The prevailing view

A statistical sampling or testing error caused by systematically favoring some outcomes over others.

A court's formal, usually written statement explaining its reasons for its decision in a case.

A weight or irregularity in a ball that causes it to swerve, as in lawn bowling.

An attorney's formal, usually written statement giving an assessment of how the law should be or is likely to be applied in a particular situation.

The tendency of such a ball to swerve.

A piece of testimony that is not usually admissible when given by a layperson, as in contrast to an opinion given by an expert witness.

The fixed voltage applied to an electrode.

A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.

Slanting or diagonal; oblique

The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction.

(obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.

To apply a small voltage to (a grid).

(obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.

Inclination towards something.

The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.

The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.

(European Union law) a judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible

A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

To have or express as an opinion.

(electronics) A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.

That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.

(statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.

The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

(sports) In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.

Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.

(South Korean idol fandom) A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.

Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.

(transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.

The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.

(electronics) To give a bias to.

To opine.

Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty;

Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

A belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people;

In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

A message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof;

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision;

A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.

The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

A vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric

Influence in an unfair way;

Cause to be biased

Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric;