different between hypothetical vs chuman

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (hupothetikós)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?p????t?kl/

Adjective

hypothetical (comparative more hypothetical, superlative most hypothetical)

1. Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
2. (philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent

Synonyms

• conjectural
• (contingent upon some hypothesis): conditional

Antonyms

• (actual): actual
• (in philosophy): categorical

Translations

Noun

hypothetical (plural hypotheticals)

1. A hypothetical situation or proposition

   These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.

Related terms

• hypothesis
• hypothesize

English

Etymology

Blend of chimpanzee +? human.

Noun

chuman (plural chumans)

1. A hypothetical hybrid of a male chimpanzee and a female human.

   Synonym: chimphuman

   Coordinate terms: humanzee, manpanzee

   • 2016, Itai Yanai, Lercher Martin, The Society of Genes, Harvard University Press (?ISBN), page 151:

     The chuman had been sheer fantasy. Oliver was an unusual chimp, yet a chimp just the same. But what really stands in the way of a chuman? Did chumans ever exist?

Anagrams

• Manchu, chunam, maunch