conception vs fact

fact vs conception

conception and fact both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conception	Yes	No	No	No
fact	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fact is a hyponym of conception; that is, fact is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conception:

conception: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
fact: a concept whose truth can be proved

Other hyponyms of conception include conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization, notion, category, regulation, rule, attribute, dimension, property, abstract, abstraction, quantity, division, part, section, whole, law, natural law, law, law of nature, lexicalized concept, hypothesis, possibility, theory, linguistic rule, rule, adiaphoron, hypostatic union.

conception (noun)	fact (noun)
the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon	a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances	a concept whose truth can be proved
the creation of something in the mind	a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened
the event that occurred at the beginning of something	an event known to have happened or something known to have existed

Difference between conception and fact

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