What's the difference between alleged and asserted?

Alleged


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Allege

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A former Berlusconi aide, Valter Lavitola, is also on trial for being the alleged intermediary in the bribe.
  • (2) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
  • (3) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
  • (4) They had allegedly agreed that Younous would not be charged with any crime upon his arrival there and that he would not be detained in Morocco for longer than 72 hours.
  • (5) 2.39pm BST The European Union called for a "thorough and immediate" investigation of the alleged chemical attack.
  • (6) She was not aware that it was an assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents.” If at least one of the women thought the killing was part of an elaborate prank, it might explain the “LOL” message emblazoned in large letters one of the killers t-shirts.
  • (7) The current of research on the alleged activity of such "inhibitors" is taken into consideration.
  • (8) The matter is now in the hands of the Guernsey police and the law officers.” One resident who is a constant target of the paper and has complained to police, Rosie Guille, said the allegations had a “huge impact on morale” on the island.
  • (9) The Labour MP urged David Cameron to guarantee that officers who give evidence over the alleged paedophile ring in Westminster will not be prosecuted.
  • (10) When allegations of systemic doping and cover-ups first emerged in the runup to the 2013 Russian world athletics championships, an IOC spokesman insisted: “Anti-doping measures in Russia have improved significantly over the last five years with an effective, efficient and new laboratory and equipment in Moscow.” London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping, report says Read more We now know that the head of that lauded Moscow lab, Grigory Rodchenko, admitted to intentionally destroying 1,417 samples in December last year shortly before Wada officials visited.
  • (11) The New York Times also alleged that the Met had not passed full details about how many people were victims of the illegal practice to the CPS because it has a history of cooperation with News International titles.
  • (12) Asked whether the 2022 bid should be reopened in the wake of the allegations in the Sunday Times, Cameron said: "There is an inquiry under way, quite rightly, into what happened in terms of the World Cup bid for 2022.
  • (13) "I did so in protest at using unethical ways to make unjust allegations, therefore I hereby withdraw my complaint against this artist."
  • (14) Hogan-Howe said allegations, from three whistleblowers, that there is widespread manipulation of the figures are currently being investigated.
  • (15) Likewise, Blanchett's co-star Alec Baldwin appeared to call for an end to the public nature of the row, terming Dylan's allegations "this family's personal struggle".
  • (16) An Associated Press analysis found no evidence that Texas authorities were investigating threats to pharmacies, though the Oklahoma attorney general said he was examining an alleged bomb threat to a pharmacy in Tulsa .
  • (17) In a 2012 study submitted to the UN, the Petersburg-based centre alleged that Roma and migrants were routinely subjected to police torture .
  • (18) The prime minister sent back a letter dismissing his allegations.
  • (19) Time suggests that the FBI inquiry has been extended from a relatively narrow look at alleged malpractices by News Corp in America into a more general inquiry into whether the company used possibly illegal strongarm tactics to browbeat rival firms, following allegations of computer hacking made by retail advertising company Floorgraphics.
  • (20) It would seem that Cameron's repeated high-profile speeches on immigration may have more to do with meeting the political challenge of Ukip than grappling with any alleged problem of benefit or health "tourism".

Asserted


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Assert

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.
  • (2) Jeremy Corbyn could learn a lot from Ken Livingstone | Hugh Muir Read more High-minded commentators will say that self-respect – as well as Burke’s dictum that MPs are more than delegates – should be enough to make members under pressure assert their independence.
  • (3) There are many examples to support his assertion, yet for the most part, it is celebrities who dictate what images can be published and what stories should be told.
  • (4) Neither assertion was strictly accurate, but Obama was on a rhetorical roll.
  • (5) Successful treatment also requires the use of assertive case management, community support, family support, and careful patient education.
  • (6) The UN-recognised parliament is expected to meet on Monday for a vital vote of confidence in the new administration, the next step in asserting its authority in the country.
  • (7) Fields said: "The assertions that Tom Cruise likened making a movie to being at war in Afghanistan is a gross distortion of the record... What Tom said, laughingly, was that sometimes, 'That's what it feels like.'"
  • (8) Is it a moment where culture needs to assert its values?
  • (9) She described Luke as being “open, honest and assertive” during the interview.
  • (10) Individuals in the middle received relatively large amounts of assertive behavior.
  • (11) No differences were observed on the behavioral role plays, which required assertion in a number of heterosexual situations.
  • (12) Bill Shorten has told the union royal commission he would “never be a party to issuing bogus invoices” as he rejected assertions that payments from employers to the Australia Workers’ Union created conflicts of interest during wage negotiations.
  • (13) Hawking's latest comments go beyond those laid out in his 2010 book, The Grand Design , in which he asserted that there is no need for a creator to explain the existence of the universe.
  • (14) Sitting on his stony porch, Rao asserts that he is not being romantic about the benefits of agriculture: “Here we earn more than 120,000 rupees [£1,170] a year, and our cost of living is one-fifth that of a city’s.
  • (15) But Clegg also says he is not going to be cowed into taking Cameron's vow of silence about Farage's assertion that he finds Britain unrecognisable and is uncomfortable at the lack of English spoken on commuter trains out of Charing Cross.
  • (16) We assert that OCD and AVN are relatively common, clinically significant lesions of the mandibular condyle often associated with preexisting internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint.
  • (17) On the basis of the results of the research the Authors conclude by asserting that the combined use of mannitol and propanol has a real protective effect in preventing or attenuating lesions of the kidney caused by serious acute renal failure.
  • (18) Grade said he objected to Dyke's assertion in the Times that he used information about the BBC's schedule when he quit as chairman of the corporation in late 2006 to move to ITV.
  • (19) The ethnomedical model asserts that efforts to secure the compliance of target populations are likely to be inadequate without an alliance between health professionals and communities to identify and address mutually comprehensible objectives that are perceived locally as meaningful and relevant.
  • (20) Moreover, the heterogeneity of ES components questions the assertion of previous workers that the allergenic, IgE-potentiating, and protective activities of larval ES can be ascribed to one molecular species.