different between assertion vs attestation

English

Etymology

Middle French assertion, from Latin assertio

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s????n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s????n/, [??s??n?]

• Rhymes: -??(?)??n

Noun

assertion (countable and uncountable, plural assertions)

1. The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
2. Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

   You're a man of strong assertions!
3. A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.

   That's just a bare assertion.

4. Maintenance; vindication

   the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives

5. (programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
   • 2006, Srikanth Vijayaraghavan, Meyyappan Ramanathan, A Practical Guide for SystemVerilog Assertions (page 284)

     The user should be absolutely confident that the error issued is a real design error. In other words, a user should be confident that his assertion code is correct and that the assertion failure is not a false condition.

Synonyms

• accusation
• allegation
• censure
• charge
• crimination
• impeachment

Related terms

• assertoric

Translations

References

• “assertion” in the Collins English Dictionary
• assertion at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Restainos, airstones, arsonites, asterions, notarises, rai stones, reasonist, senoritas, señoritas

French

Etymology

From Latin asserti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??.sj??/

Noun

assertion f (plural assertions)

1. assertion

Related terms

• asserter
• assertif
• assertivement
• assertoire

Further reading

• “assertion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

attest +? -ation; from Middle French attestation, from Latin attest?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.t?s.te?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æt??ste???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: at?tes?ta?tion

Noun

attestation (countable and uncountable, plural attestations)

1. A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
2. A confirmation or authentication.
3. (business, finance) The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business information of a business, public agency, or other organization.
4. (linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French attestation, from Latin attest?ti? (“attestation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t?s.ta.sj??/

Noun

attestation f (plural attestations)

1. certificate
2. testimonial
3. attestation
4. statement
5. declaration
6. (law) affidavit

Further reading

• “attestation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).