Reported vs. Purported — What's the Difference?

A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group

Assumed to be such; supposed

A spoken or written account of an event, usually presented in detail

Supposed, or assumed to be.

A person who is accountable or subordinate to another person within a company or organization

Normally assumed to be.

Reports(Law) Bound volumes containing the published court opinions in legal cases, intended to provide a reference for precedents in subsequent cases.

Said by some people to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be so

Reputation; repute

Simple past tense and past participle of purport

(Archaic) Common talk; rumor or gossip.

Commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds;

An explosive noise

To make or present an official or formal account of

To write or provide an account or summation of for publication or broadcast

To tell about the presence or occurrence of

To relate or tell, especially from personal experience

To submit or relate the results of considerations concerning

To carry back and repeat to another

To complain about or denounce

To make a report

To serve as a reporter for a publication, broadcasting company, or other news media.

To present oneself

To be accountable or subordinate to someone

Simple past tense and past participle of report

Made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account;