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Artificial vs Assumed - What's the difference?

artificial | assumed |

As adjectives the difference between artificial and assumed

is that artificial is man-made; of artifice while assumed is used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.

As a verb assumed is

(assume).

artificial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Man-made; of artifice.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}
  • False, misleading.
  • Unnatural.

    • Derived terms

    * artificial consciousness * artificial intelligence * artificiality * artificially * artificialness * artificial selection * artificial turf

    Related terms

    * artifact * artifice * artificer

    See also

    * fake ----

    assumed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (assume)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
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  • Supposed or presumed.

    • Derived terms

    * assumed name

    Anagrams

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