Fact vs. Theory
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.
Theorynoun
(obsolete) Mental conception; reflection, consideration.
Theorynoun
(sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
Theorynoun
(uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
Theorynoun
(mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
Theorynoun
A hypothesis or conjecture.
Theorynoun
A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems).
Theorynoun
A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
Theorynoun
An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.
Theorynoun
The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
Theorynoun
The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.
Theorynoun
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;
Theorynoun
a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena;
Theorynoun
a belief that can guide behavior;
Theory
A theory is a rational type of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the results of such thinking. The process of contemplative and rational thinking is often associated with such processes as observational study or research.
