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belief vs opinion

opinion vs belief

belief and opinion both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
belief Yes No No No
opinion Yes No No No
As nouns, opinion is a hyponym of belief; that is, opinion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than belief:
  • belief: any cognitive content held as true
  • opinion: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
Other hyponyms of belief include article of faith, conviction, strong belief, faith, trust, doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought, philosophy, expectation, outlook, prospect, fetichism, fetishism, geneticism, meliorism, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view, autotelism, originalism, pacificism, pacifism, faith, religion, religious belief, popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi, revolutionism, sacerdotalism, spiritualism, spiritual domain, spiritual world, unseen, suffragism, supernaturalism, superstition, superstitious notion, supremacism, theory, theosophism, thought, totemism, tribalism, values, vampirism, individualism, spiritual being, supernatural being.
As nouns, belief and opinion are synonyms defined as:
  • belief and opinion: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
Other synonyms of belief include feeling, impression, notion.
belief (noun) opinion (noun)
any cognitive content held as true the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
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