The difference between Conclusion and Premise

When used as nouns, conclusion means the end, finish, close or last part of something, whereas premise means a proposition antecedently supposed or proved.


Premise is also verb with the meaning: to state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.

check bellow for the other definitions of Conclusion and Premise

  1. Conclusion as a noun:

    The end, finish, close or last part of something.

  2. Conclusion as a noun:

    The outcome or result of a process or act.

  3. Conclusion as a noun:

    A decision reached after careful thought.

    Examples:

    "The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders."

  4. Conclusion as a noun (logic):

    In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

  5. Conclusion as a noun (obsolete):

    An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.

  6. Conclusion as a noun (legal):

    The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.

  7. Conclusion as a noun (legal):

    An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wharton"

  1. Premise as a noun:

    A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

  2. Premise as a noun (logic):

    Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

  3. Premise as a noun (usually, in the plural, legal):

    Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.

  4. Premise as a noun (usually, in the plural):

    A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts. (This meaning arose from meaning #3, by owners of land and/or buildings finding the word in their title deeds and wrongly guessing its meaning.)

    Examples:

    "trespass on another’s premises'"

  5. Premise as a noun (authorship):

    The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.

  1. Premise as a verb:

    To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.

  2. Premise as a verb:

    To make a premise.

  3. Premise as a verb:

    To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.

  4. Premise as a verb:

    To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.