Allege vs. Assert

Allegeverb

To state under oath, to plead.

Allegeverb

(archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.

Allegeverb

(transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.

Allegeverb

(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

Allegeverb

(obsolete) To lighten, diminish.

Allegeverb

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

Allegeverb

To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.

Allegeverb

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

Allegeverb

To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.

Allegeverb

report or maintain;

Allegeverb

claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof

Assertverb

To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

Assertverb

To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

Assertverb

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to

Assertverb

(programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.

Assertverb

(electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Assertnoun

(computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

Assertverb

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

Assertverb

To maintain; to defend.

Assertverb

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.

Assertverb

state categorically

Assertverb

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

Assertverb

insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized;

Assertverb

assert to be true;