hypothesis vs theory
Definitions
noun
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Examples
To explain this, they hypothesise that galaxies must contain a great deal of missing matter which cannot be detected.
This also suggests that this deity was first adopted by the tradition of the monastery of Sa-gya, [26] a hypothesis further confirmed by the reference in the founding myth to his being taken over by the holder of the Sa-gya throne So-nam-rin-chen (bsod nams rin chen).
A test of the hypothesis that ß 1 = 1 can be constructed from the orthogonal regression estimate and standard error for 1.
Definitions
noun
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a belief that can guide behavior
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
Examples
His work is thus marked with a bitter irony which permeated not only the substance of his theory but also its method.
The theory I do not accept: one simply folds his sails, unships his rudder, and waits the will of Providence, or the arrival of some compelling fate.
Part of the problem in making extrapolations from these patterns to build a theory is that the relationship between language and social structure may vary considerably, both synchronically and diachronically.
