different between assert vs accuse

English

Etymology

From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asser? (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + ser? (“join, range in a row”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)

1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

   He would often assert that there was life on other planets.

2. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

   to assert one's authority

   Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.

3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to

   to assert our rights and liberties

4. (programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
5. (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Antonyms

• remit
• deny
• deassert

Synonyms

• affirm
• asseverate
• aver

Related terms

Translations

Noun

assert (plural asserts)

1. (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

Translations

References

• “assert” in the Collins English Dictionary

Further reading

• assert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• assert in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• assert at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Sastre, Saters, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, asters, reasts, setars, stares, stears, tarses, tasers

Portuguese

Noun

assert m (plural asserts)

1. (programming) assert (conditional statement that checks the validity of a value)

English

Etymology

First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin acc?s? (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?kyo?oz?, IPA^(key): /??kju?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kjuz/
• Rhymes: -u?z
• Hyphenation: ac?cuse

Verb

accuse (third-person singular simple present accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)

1. (transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
2. (transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence

   Synonyms: charge, indict, impeach, arraign

3. (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone

   Synonyms: blame, censure, reproach, criminate

Usage notes

• (legal): When used this way accused is followed by the word of.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

accuse (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Accusation.

Further reading

• accuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• accuse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• accuse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cuecas

French

Verb

accuse

1. first-person singular present indicative of accuser
2. third-person singular present indicative of accuser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
5. second-person singular imperative of accuser

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uze

Noun

accuse f

1. plural of accusa

Portuguese

Verb

accuse

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of accusar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of accusar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of accusar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of accusar