Fact vs. Example
Factnoun
(archaic) Action; the realm of action.
Factnoun
A wrongful or criminal deed.
Factnoun
(obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
Factnoun
An honest observation.
Factnoun
Something actual as opposed to invented.
Factnoun
Something which is real.
Factnoun
Something which has become real.
Factnoun
Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
Factnoun
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
Factnoun
Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
Factnoun
(databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
Factinterjection
Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Factnoun
A doing, making, or preparing.
Factnoun
An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.
Factnoun
Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
Factnoun
The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.
Factnoun
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred;
Factnoun
a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened;
Factnoun
an event known to have happened or something known to have existed;
Factnoun
a concept whose truth can be proved;
Factnoun
a thing that is known or proved to be true
Factnoun
information used as evidence or as part of a report or news article
Factnoun
used to refer to a particular situation under discussion
Factnoun
the truth about events as opposed to interpretation
Fact
A fact is an occurrence in the real world. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability—that is whether it can be demonstrated to correspond to experience.
Examplenoun
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
Examplenoun
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
Examplenoun
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Examplenoun
A person punished as a warning to others.
Examplenoun
A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
Examplenoun
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Exampleverb
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
Examplenoun
One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
Examplenoun
That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
Examplenoun
That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
Examplenoun
That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
Examplenoun
An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
Exampleverb
To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
Examplenoun
an item of information that is representative of a type;
Examplenoun
a representative form or pattern;
Examplenoun
something to be imitated;
Examplenoun
punishment intended as a warning to others;
Examplenoun
an occurrence of something;
Examplenoun
a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;
Examplenoun
a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule
Examplenoun
a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule
Examplenoun
a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated
Exampleverb
be illustrated or exemplified
