premise vs scenario
scenario vs premisepremise and scenario both are nouns.
premise is a verb but scenario is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| premise | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| scenario | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
scenario is a hyponym of
premise; that is, scenario is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
premise:
- premise: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- scenario: a postulated sequence of possible events
Other hyponyms of premise include
major premise, major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption, thesis, condition, precondition, stipulation.
| premise (noun) | scenario (noun) |
|---|---|
| a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) |
| a postulated sequence of possible events | |
| a setting for a work of art or literature |
| premise (verb) | scenario (verb) |
|---|---|
| take something as preexisting and given | |
| set forth beforehand, often as an explanation | |
| furnish with a preface or introduction |
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