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
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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"
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Proposition as a noun (uncountable):
The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
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Proposition as a noun (countable):
An idea or a plan offered.
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Proposition as a noun (countable, business settings):
The terms of a transaction offered.
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Proposition as a noun (countable, US, politics):
In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
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Proposition as a noun (grammar):
A complete sentence.
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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."
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Proposition as a noun (countable, mathematics):
An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
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Proposition as a noun (countable, mathematics):
An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
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Proposition as a noun:
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
Examples:
"the propositions of Wyclif and Huss"
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Proposition as a noun (poetry):
The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
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Proposition as a verb (transitive, informal):
To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
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Proposition as a verb (transitive, informal):
To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).