Assumption and Major premise

Assumption noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.

Major premise and assumption are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Major premise" with "Assumption", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: assume, assumed, assumptive

Major premise noun - The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion).

Assumption and major premise are semantically related. You can use "Assumption" instead a noun phrase "Major premise".