different between assumed vs conjectural

English

Pronunciation

Verb

assumed

1. simple past tense and past participle of assume

Adjective

assumed (comparative more assumed, superlative most assumed)

1. Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated.
2. Supposed or presumed.

Derived terms

• assumed name

Translations

Anagrams

• medusas

English

Etymology

conjecture +? -al

Adjective

conjectural (comparative more conjectural, superlative most conjectural)

1. In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.

Synonyms

• hypothetical

Translations

Noun

conjectural (plural conjecturals)

1. Something that is conjectural; a conjecture.
   • 1821, Richard Franck, Northern memoirs (page 15)

     Let us not assume such previous conjecturals, but rather consult and expostulate death, since death is the wages and the reward of sin.

French

Adjective

conjectural (feminine singular conjecturale, masculine plural conjecturaux, feminine plural conjecturales)

1. conjectural

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Adjective

conjectural m or f (plural conjecturais, comparable)

1. conjectural (in the nature of a conjecture)

Romanian

Etymology

From French conjectural

Adjective

conjectural m or n (feminine singular conjectural?, masculine plural conjecturali, feminine and neuter plural conjecturale)

1. conjectural

Declension