The difference between Proposal and Proposition

When used as nouns, proposal means something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance a scheme or design the terms or conditions proposed the document on which such a thing is written. the act of asking someone to be one's spouse, whereas proposition means the act of offering (an idea) for consideration.


Proposition is also verb with the meaning: to make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

check bellow for the other definitions of Proposal and Proposition

  1. Proposal as a noun (legal):

    Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance A scheme or design The terms or conditions proposed The document on which such a thing is written. The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

    Examples:

    "usex proposals for the construction of a new building"

    "usex to make proposals for a treaty of peace"

  1. Proposition as a noun (uncountable):

    The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

  2. Proposition as a noun (countable):

    An idea or a plan offered.

  3. Proposition as a noun (countable, business settings):

    The terms of a transaction offered.

  4. Proposition as a noun (countable, US, politics):

    In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

  5. Proposition as a noun (grammar):

    A complete sentence.

  6. Proposition as a noun (countable, logic):

    The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.

    Examples:

    "“'Wiktionary is a good dictionary' is a proposition” is a proposition."

  7. Proposition as a noun (countable, mathematics):

    An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

  8. Proposition as a noun (countable, mathematics):

    An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

  9. Proposition as a noun:

    A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

    Examples:

    "the propositions of Wyclif and Huss"

  10. Proposition as a noun (poetry):

    The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

  1. Proposition as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

  2. Proposition as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).