different between fact vs theorem

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 Middle French théorème, from Late Latin the?r?ma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (the?r?ma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from ?????? (the?ré?, “I look at, view, consider, examine”), from ?????? (the?rós, “spectator”), from ??? (théa, “a view”) + ???? (horá?, “I see, look”). See also theory, and theater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i?.?.??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????.?m/

Noun

theorem (plural theorems)

1. (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
2. (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true

   Fermat's Last Theorem was known thus long before it was proved in the 1990s.

3. (logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.

Synonyms

• (proven statement): lemma, proposition, statement
• (unproven statement): conjecture
• See also Thesaurus:statement

Hyponyms

Holonyms

• theory

Related terms

• theoretical
• theory

Translations

Verb

theorem (third-person singular simple present theorems, present participle theoreming, simple past and past participle theoremed)

1. (transitive) To formulate into a theorem.

Further reading

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