fact vs conception

conception vs fact

fact and conception both are nouns.

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

As nouns, conception is a hypernym of fact; that is, conception is a word with a broader meaning than fact:

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

Other hypernyms of fact include concept, construct.

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

Difference between fact and conception

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