Fact
Fact noun - The quality of being actual.
Proof and fact are semantically related in evidence topic. In some cases you can use "Proof" instead a noun "Fact", when it comes to topics like substantiation.
Proof
Proof noun - Something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim.
Fact and proof are semantically related in substantiation topic. Sometimes you can use "Fact" instead a noun "Proof".
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- An odd tendency is for the host to whisper this fact to us, seemingly simulating what it sounds like to the person in the sound proof booth (in which case it isn't very sound proof at all).
Source: Sound Proof Booth - The file wasn't used as proof of sexual impropriety, however: it was the fact that she had stamped it four times instead of the requisite five that got her demoted.
- The fact that Milligan had one was proof that he, in fact, was not able to resist the mental conditiong at Bedlam.
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