different between tacit vs stated

English

Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæs?t/
• Rhymes: -æs?t
• Homophones: tacet, tasset

Adjective

tacit (comparative more tacit, superlative most tacit)

1. Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.

   tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection

   • 1983, Stanley Rosen, Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image, page 62:

     He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.

   • 2004, Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, Vivien Lowndes; ?ISBN:

     […] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […]

2. (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Derived terms

• tacitly
• tacitness

Related terms

• tacet
• taciturn
• taciturnity
• taciturnly

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Attic, attic, ticat

Romanian

Etymology

From French tacite, from Latin tacitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?t??it/

Adjective

tacit m or n (feminine singular tacit?, masculine plural taci?i, feminine and neuter plural tacite)

1. unspoken

Declension

Further reading

• tacit in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ste?t?d/
• Hyphenation: stat?ed

Verb

stated

1. simple past tense and past participle of state

Adjective

stated (not comparable)

1. Expressed in a statement; uttered or written.
   • 2015, Indian Defence Review (volume 30.3)

     Our stated policy of nonalignment has kept us out of any military alliance such as NATO and Warsaw Pact. However, in reality, we have had to concede ground to nations from which we import military hardware.

2. Settled; established; fixed.

   • […] he had never any stated hours for his dinner, supper, or sleep; because, said he, we ought to attend the calls of nature, and not set our appetites to our meals […]

3. Recurring at a regular time; not occasional.

   stated preaching

   stated business hours

Translations

Anagrams

• destat, tasted