Word FaQ
When to assume and when to presume?
These two words are—ahem—assumed to be interchangeable in most contexts. There is, however, a subtle difference between them.
To presume is to hold your belief on the basis of external evidence.
Leanne presumed the network was down, as the fire had destroyed most of the building.
When you assume, you are supposing something to be the case, without the slightest bit of evidence or proof.
Someone told Leanne that there had been a fire; she assumed, then, that the network was down.
These two words are—ahem—assumed to be interchangeable in most contexts. There is, however, a subtle difference between them.
To presume is to hold your belief on the basis of external evidence.
Leanne presumed the network was down, as the fire had destroyed most of the building.
When you assume, you are supposing something to be the case, without the slightest bit of evidence or proof.
Someone told Leanne that there had been a fire; she assumed, then, that the network was down.
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