suspect vs suppose
suppose vs suspectsuspect is a noun but suppose is not a noun.
suspect is an adjective but suppose is not an adjective.
suspect and suppose both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| suspect | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| suppose | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
suppose is a hypernym of
suspect; that is, suppose is a
word with a broader meaning than suspect:
- suspect: hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- suppose: expect, believe, or suppose
| suspect (noun) | suppose (noun) |
|---|---|
| someone who is under suspicion | |
| a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused |
| suspect (adjective) | suppose (adjective) |
|---|---|
| not as expected |
| suspect (verb) | suppose (verb) |
|---|---|
| regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | expect, believe, or suppose |
| imagine to be the case or true or probable | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
| hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty | require as a necessary antecedent or precondition |
| take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | |
| express a supposition |
Words related to "suspect"
- accused
- actor
- co-defendant
- codefendant
- colloquialism
- defendant
- disbelieve
- discredit
- distrust
- doer
- doubt
- fishy
- funny
- guess
- hazard
- imagine
- jurisprudence
- law
- litigant
- litigator
- mistrust
- murder suspect
- opine
- pretend
- questionable
- rape suspect
- reckon
- robbery suspect
- shady
- suppose
- surmise
- suspicion
- suspicious
- think
- venture
- worker
Words related to "suppose"
- anticipate
- assume
- conjecture
- construct
- develop
- expect
- explicate
- formulate
- guess
- hypothecate
- hypothesise
- hypothesize
- imagine
- imply
- logic
- opine
- posit
- postulate
- premise
- premiss
- presume
- presuppose
- reckon
- reconstruct
- retrace
- say
- speculate
- supposal
- supposition
- suspect
- take for granted
- theorise
- theorize
- think
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