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- What to call someone who falsely accuses you? [closed]
To falsely accuse to deflect attention away from yourself onto another is to frame them The person would be a framer : to devise falsely (as a criminal charge) : to contrive the evidence against (an innocent person) so that a verdict of guilty is assured You could say that the person was fabricating a plan against you too The person would be a fabricator someone who tells lies invent or
- What word describes interpreting evidence in such a way as to reach a . . .
A person might honestly and objectively present all of the known facts about a case and then make a conjecture as to what conclusion these facts point to This wouldn't involve a biased presentation of the evidence to support the conclusion Can you provide a dictionary definition of conjecture that fits the situation that the poster describes?
- Alternative phrase to use in place of to support our claim . . .
1) depending on context, you could replace claim with hypothesis or theory 2) You could use any of the following verbs: establish, solidify, validate, defend 3) You can say it like this to emphasize that you are using an experiment to test it: to test and to establish Or any of the other verbs
- Where does this proverb come from? “If you want to go fast, go alone . . .
I am attempting to find the origin or source of this proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together” Most sources say that this is a translation of an African prov
- Whats the difference in meaning between evidence and proof?
Evidence means:- A thing or things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment: The broken window was evidence that a burglary had taken place Scientists weigh the evidence for and against a hypothesis [American Heritage Dictionary via the Free Dictionary] Proof means:- The evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as
- whats the difference between apparent, evident and obvious?
1 It is (quite) __ that he took the wrong path A apparent B evident C stupid D absurd 2 It is __ that two and two make four A apparent B evident C obvious D visible 3 It is __ (that) you have been cheated A clear B apparent C regretful D ignorant And the answers are B C A I agree with these as being the correct answers, by far the best although the alternatives are reasonable and in some
- There is not evidence vs. There is not any evidence vs. There is no . . .
There "is not" evidence Reading this you should make a pause between not and evidence or emphasize "is not" Like There isn't evidence e g There is not given evidence Either you refer to the presence of nothing or the absence of something that might be evidence In "normal" word order this sounds queer but is more clearly
- Proof of concept or proof-of-concept, noun or adjective
From the Oxford English Dictionary at OED: proof of concept n evidence (usually deriving from an experiment or pilot project) demonstrating that a design concept, business idea, etc , is feasible
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