Phenomenon vs. Hypothesis

Phenomenonnoun

A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

Hypothesisnoun

(sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.

Phenomenonnoun

(extension) A knowable thing or event (eg by inference, especially in science).

Hypothesisnoun

(general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.

Phenomenonnoun

(metonymy) A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).

Hypothesisnoun

(grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.

Phenomenonnoun

Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.

Hypothesisnoun

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.

‘An hypothesis being a mere supposition, there are no other limits to hypotheses than those of the human imagination.’;

Phenomenonnoun

A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.

Hypothesisnoun

A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.

Phenomenonnoun

A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.

Hypothesisnoun

a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

Phenomenonnoun

An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).

Hypothesisnoun

a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena;

‘a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory’; ‘he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices’;

Phenomenonnoun

An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory.

‘In the phenomena of the material world, and in many of the phenomena of mind.’;

Hypothesisnoun

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Phenomenonnoun

That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.

Hypothesis

A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it.

Phenomenonnoun

any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning

Phenomenonnoun

a remarkable development

Phenomenon

A phenomenon (Greek: φαινόμενον, romanized: phainómenon, lit. 'thing appearing to view'; plural phenomena) is an observable fact or event. The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon, which cannot be directly observed.