premiss vs thesis
thesis vs premisspremiss and thesis both are nouns.
premiss is a verb but thesis is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| premiss | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| thesis | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
thesis is a hyponym of
premiss; that is, thesis is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
premiss:
- premiss: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- thesis: an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
Other hyponyms of premiss include
major premise, major premiss, minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption, condition, precondition, stipulation, scenario.
| premiss (noun) | thesis (noun) |
|---|---|
| a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument |
| a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree |
| premiss (verb) | thesis (verb) |
|---|---|
| take something as preexisting and given |
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