Friday, March 21, 2014

What's the difference between "assume" and "presume"?

My dictionaries say both words have similar meanings as they are synonyms.

I googled about it and learnt there is a slight difference between the two:
When we assume, we may not need any evidence to prove it is true. 
When we presume, we are saying it is probably true based on past happenings.

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