different between assertion vs postulation

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

Noun

postulation (countable and uncountable, plural postulations)

1. The act of postulating or something postulated.
2. (logic) Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument.
3. (obsolete) The act of claiming for oneself; solicitation.