different between evidence vs visual

English

Etymology

From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v?d?ns/, /??v?d?ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): [??v???ns]
• Hyphenation: ev?i?dence

Noun

evidence (usually uncountable, plural evidences)

1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
   • 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

     In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

2. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
3. One who bears witness.
   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 53:

     He recapitulated the Sybil’s story word by word, with the air of a man who is cross-examining an evidence, and trying to make him contradict himself.

4. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with the term "evidence": documentary, physical, empirical, scientific, material, circumstantial, anectodal, objective, strong, weak, conclusive, hard

Derived terms

Related terms

• evident
• evidential

Translations

Verb

evidence (third-person singular simple present evidences, present participle evidencing, simple past and past participle evidenced)

1. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

Usage notes

• To be distinguished from evince.

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:evidence.

Further reading

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??v?d?nt?s?]
• Rhymes: -?nts?

Noun

evidence f

1. records
2. registry, repository

Related terms

• See vize
• eviden?ní
• evidovat
• evidentní

See also

• záznamy
• databáze
• registr

Further reading

• evidence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• evidence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Friulian

Noun

evidence f (plural evidencis)

1. evidence

Middle French

Noun

evidence f (plural evidences)

1. evidence

Descendants

• French: évidence

English

Alternative forms

• visuall (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English vysual, from Old French, from Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”), from videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see visage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v????l/, /?v?zj??l/, /?v???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?v??u?l/, /?v??w?l/

Adjective

visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)

1. Related to or affecting the vision.
2. (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

visual (plural visuals)

1. Any element of something that depends on sight.
   • 2016, S. C. Sterling, Teenage Degenerate (page 5)

     It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.

2. An image; a picture; a graphic.
3. (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
4. (advertising) A preliminary sketch.

Derived terms

• have a visual on

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Auvils

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

visual (epicene, plural visuales)

1. visual

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi.zu?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bi.zu?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

visual (masculine and feminine plural visuals)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualitzar
• visualment

Further reading

• “visual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “visual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “visual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “visual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

visual m or f (plural visuais)

1. visual

Derived terms

• visualmente

Further reading

• “visual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?sual]
• Hyphenation: vi?su?al

Adjective

visual

1. visual,
   1. related to or affecting the vision.
   2. that can be seen; visible.

Affixations

Further reading

• “visual” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?z?al/

Noun

visual f (plural visuaj)

1. view

Adjective

visual

1. visual

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vizu?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi?zwa?/

Adjective

visual m or f (plural visuais, comparable)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualmente

Further reading

• “visual” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?swal/, [bi?swal]
• Hyphenation: vi?sual

Adjective

visual (plural visuales)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualmente
• campo visual

Further reading

• “visual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.