different between fact vs rudiment

English

Etymology

From Latin factum (“a deed, act, exploit; in Medieval Latin also state, condition, circumstance”), neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faci? (“do, make”). Doublet of feat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt

Noun

fact (countable and uncountable, plural facts)

1. Something actual as opposed to invented.
2. Something which is real.

   Gravity is a fact, not a theory.

3. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.

4. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.

5. Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.

6. (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
7. (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
8. (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:

     She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact, / Against that nation [...].

9. (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.

Antonyms

• (Something actual): fiction

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• value
• opinion
• belief

References

• fact at OneLook Dictionary Search
• fact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "Conway: 'Alternative Facts'" Merriam-Webster's Trend Watch Merriam-Webster. 2017.

Interjection

fact

1. Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

Anagrams

• acft

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?d?m?nt/

Noun

rudiment (plural rudiments)

1. (often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.

   We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
2. (often in the plural) A form that lacks full or complex development.

   I have the rudiments of an escape plan.

   • a. 1865, Isaac Taylor, Ornamentation of Nature

     The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.

3. (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
4. (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.

Hypernyms

• (biology): vestigiality

Derived terms

• rudimental
• rudimentary

Related terms

• erudite

Translations

Further reading

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

Verb

rudiment (third-person singular simple present rudiments, present participle rudimenting, simple past and past participle rudimented)

1. (transitive) To ground; to settle in first principles.

Anagrams

• unmitred

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rudimentum.

Noun

rudiment m (plural rudiments)

1. rudiment (fundamental principle)

Related terms

• rudimentari

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Latin rudimentum

Noun

rudiment m (plural rudiments)

1. rudiment (fundamental principle)

Related terms

• rudimentaire

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.

Noun

rudiment n (plural rudimente)

1. rudiment

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Rudiment, from Latin rudimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rud?ment/
• Hyphenation: ru?di?ment

Noun

rudìment m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. rudiment

Declension

References

• “rudiment” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal