What's the difference between supposition and surmise?

Supposition


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.
  • (n.) That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Utilization of the immunoglobulin system is based upon the supposition that in lymphoid neoplasms with clonal origin either all or none of the tumor cells should have surface-associated IgM and kappa-reactivities.
  • (2) The functional role of the retino-thalamo-telencephalic system in the visual integration in birds is discussed and a supposition is advanced on possibility to compare the Wulst region with striatal and frontal visual areas of the mammalian cortex.
  • (3) Pharmacological analysis permitted a supposition to be made that there were two receptor systems in the sensory nerve endings of the cornea; these systems were in reciprocal inhibitory relations; due to this their regular influence on the processes of excitation and inhibition is effected in the sensory nerve ending.
  • (4) Gel filtration chromatography on G-200 Sephadex confirmed this supposition and demonstrated that the abnormal globin chain polymerized with itself as well as with other globin chains.
  • (5) An analysis of concentration dependence of binding these ions with human serum albumin confirmed earlier supposition about the nature of the binding sites of Mn2+ ions with HSA.
  • (6) The present results are consistent with the supposition that the high-affinity site for ATP on the holoenzyme is congruent with the phosphotransferase site of the catalytic subunit.
  • (7) A supposition is advanced that such a difference in duration is determined primarily by properties of these neurons.
  • (8) On the basis of a study of the palmomental reflex in 100 children (from new born to 3 years) and in 73 adult patients with organic lesions of the CNS the author makes a supposition of a connection between its appearance and a lesion of the caudate nucleus.
  • (9) These results confirm our earlier supposition that the additional high frequency internal motions of the thick filaments isolated from striated muscle of Limulus are related to the energy dependent, active cross-bridge motions.
  • (10) Our own data and the meagre results of other studies support the supposition that it is not the absolute time-lapse which has prognostic significance but the qualified medical assistance provided within a critical, individual, but extremely variable time-span.
  • (11) These data permit a supposition that reduction of lipid peroxidation is one of the pathogenetic mechanisms of delayed type hypersensitivity, and that lipid peroxidation enhancement in the skin by iron sulfate electrophoresis is one of the possible mechanisms of suppressing allergic contact dermatitis.
  • (12) In the second case, only subjective suppositions are possible.
  • (13) The supposition that these were B-lymphocytes was supported by analogous morphometric examination on lymphocytes obtained from the thymus and bursa Fabricius of newly shelled chickens and it was established that this number in the bursa was more than twice larger.
  • (14) These findings document yet another "inappropriate" pattern of intermediate filament immunoreactivity in normal and neoplastic human cells, and contradict the widely held supposition that the expression of GFAP is restricted to cells of glial origin.
  • (15) The increase in the rate constant for potassium loss in the presence of ouabain favours this supposition.
  • (16) The results are consistent with the supposition that, on application of a continuous moderate stress, tension induces formation and pressure resorption of bone.
  • (17) These findings, when viewed from the standpoint of the accepted concept that optimum stimulation to the otolith organ constitutes the shearing force, account well for the supposition that forward-and-backward movement stimulates both the sacculi and utriculi, while up-and-down movement stimulates the sacculi alone.
  • (18) The dominance of males with the ratio of 2:1, manifestation of damage not only in sibs, but also in other relatives, and the absence of consanguineous couples testify in favour of this supposition.
  • (19) The first reported case of lissencephaly resulting from a consanguinous union strengthens the supposition that in some cases, it is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.
  • (20) The supposition of Pándy has proved to be entirely erroneous.

Surmise


Definition:

  • (n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
  • (n.) Reflection; thought.
  • (v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Taken together, the mutational data allow a functional map of the recognition surface to be constructed and the physical nature of some of the specific interactions that stabilize the antibody-antigen complex to be surmised.
  • (2) Thus, BMIPP is surmised to be able to depict fatty acid metabolism in in vivo myocardial imaging.
  • (3) We surmise that reduction in pulmonary artery perfusion which occurs in pulmonary embolic disease alters the integrity of the alveolar (and possibly bronchiolar) epithelium.
  • (4) We have concluded that renal injuries should be classified by type and extent rather than by etiology, that the extent of injury should be determined and not surmised, and that the management of renal trauma is a function of the extent of injury and the over-all status of the patient.
  • (5) Thus, it is surmised that swine cells are more suitable than rat cells concerning insulin receptor binding and action studies.
  • (6) It was, therefore, surmised that both hypertension and hyperlipidemia would be two of the important factors in inducing the lesions in the cerebral arteries, but although such factors would be coordinative, hypertension might be more important in the process of damaging the cerebral arteries and leading to their degenerative changes.
  • (7) Although these bodies are not viral elements, it is surmised that they may be virus associated and consequently possibly related to the etiology of this tumor.
  • (8) However, the results for TP indicated that prior aquation was not required for protein binding, and we could surmise that binding of TP to protein proceeds via a direct nucleophilic attack.
  • (9) Royles also had to endure more or less the entire committee laughing at him openly when he boasted about consultants' high levels of job satisfaction, something the chuckling Mps surmised might be caused by their stellar pay.
  • (10) Inasmuch as both isoproterenol and prostaglandin E1 increase cyclic AMP content, one can surmise that cyclic AMP is involved in the stimulation of NGF mRNA accumulation.
  • (11) Since drug elimination is intimately associated with physiologic properties that are well described among species, it seems reasonable to surmise that drug elimination can be scaled among mammals.
  • (12) It may be surmised that the approach is based on a sort of "attitude" incorporated in the given score and defining the hearing aid satsifaction.
  • (13) The authorities surmised that the victims were passengers on long-distance buses hijacked by the Zetas, and the people aboard press-ganged as part of a recruitment drive.
  • (14) It may be surmised that a single CLL cell had been infected by EBV in vivo and established itself subsequently as a subclone within the CLL population.
  • (15) Based on these data, it was surmised that sex hormones may affect the growth of the tumor in this case.
  • (16) Ifop’s director, Jérôme Fourquet, surmised that “the French do not only adhere to the rhetoric of ‘war’ – [prime minister] Manuel Valls talked about ‘war’ last January – but also to decisions that entail a restriction of public liberty”.
  • (17) It is surmised that the easier delocalization of the positive charge in the deuterated alkyl diazonium ion causes a diminished reactivity and therefore influences the type and amount of DNA alkylation.
  • (18) The protective effect of the monoclonal antibodies is surmised being caused by agglutination of the trophozoites.
  • (19) The authors surmise that the less advantageous variant of individual peripheral thermoregulation (i.e.
  • (20) It is surmised that the time of persistence of sperms in the cervix may be related to coitus in the second week after the end of the menstrual period.