different between sureness vs presumption

English

Etymology

From Middle English surenes; equivalent to sure +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????n?s/, /????n?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????n?s/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /??o?n?s/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??o?n?s/

Noun

sureness (countable and uncountable, plural surenesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being sure, certainty.

   His sureness was born of having looked it up in a reputable reference book.

2. (uncountable) The property of being sure, deft, confident of ability.

   The surgeon's sureness was the result of long study in school and long practice in the operating room, never did he hesitate and never was there a mis-move.

3. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sure.

Anagrams

• Suresnes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French presumption, from Old French presumption, from Late Latin praesumpti?nem, accusative singular of Latin praesumpti?.

Noun

presumption (countable and uncountable, plural presumptions)

1. the act of presuming, or something presumed
2. the belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true
3. the condition upon which something is presumed
4. (dated) arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect
5. (law) An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.
   • Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, 284 U.S. 8, 18–19 (1931)

     The state, in the exercise of its general power to prescribe rules of evidence, may provide that proof of a particular fact, or of several facts taken collectively, shall be prima facie evidence of another fact when there is some rational connection between the fact proved and the ultimate fact presumed. The legislative presumption is invalid when it is entirely arbitrary, or creates an invidious discrimination, or operates to deprive a party of a reasonable opportunity to present the pertinent facts in his defense.

Synonyms

• overhope

Translations

Middle French

Noun

presumption f (plural presumptions)

1. assumption

Descendants

• French: présomption

References

• presomption on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1180 in Anglo-Norman as presumpsion. Borrowed from Latin praesumpti?.

Noun

presumption f (oblique plural presumptions, nominative singular presumption, nominative plural presumptions)

1. (often law) presumption (something which is presumed)

Descendants

• ? English: presumption
• French: présomption

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (presumpcion, supplement)