different between supposal vs supposition

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman supposaille, supposail, corresponding to suppose +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??p??z?l/
• Rhymes: -??z?l

Noun

supposal (countable and uncountable, plural supposals)

1. The act of supposing; supposition. [from 15th c.]
2. Something supposed; a supposition, a hypothesis. [from 16th c.]
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographica, XLII:

     [W]e may, if we attentively consider and examine it, find that there are circumstances sufficient, upon the supposals of the excellent contrivance of their machine, to excite and force them to act after such or such a manner […].

   • Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom.

English

Etymology

From Middle English supposicioun, from Anglo-Norman supposicion, from Latin suppositi?, suppositi?nem (“supposition”), from sub- (“under”) + positi?, positi?nem (“position; theme”), from positus (“position”), from the perfect passive participle of p?n?, p?nere (“put, place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?p??z???n/

Noun

supposition (countable and uncountable, plural suppositions)

1. Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
2. The act or an instance of supposing.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:supposition

Related terms

• suppositious

Translations

French

Etymology

From supposer +? -ition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

supposition f (plural suppositions)

1. supposition

Related terms

• présupposition

Further reading

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