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expect vs believe

believe vs expect

expect and believe both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
expect No No Yes No
believe No No Yes No
As verbs, believe is a hyponym of expect; that is, believe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than expect:
  • expect: regard something as probable or likely
  • believe: be confident about something
Other hyponyms of expect include guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think, assume, presume, take for granted, conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize, trust.
expect (verb) believe (verb)
be pregnant with accept as true; take to be true
look forward to the birth of a child follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
regard something as probable or likely credit with veracity
look forward to the probable occurrence of be confident about something
consider reasonable or due judge or regard; look upon; judge
consider obligatory; request and expect
Difference between expect and believe

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