Suggesting vs. Proving — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Suggesting and Proving
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Definitions
Suggesting
To offer for consideration or action; propose
Suggest things for children to do.
Suggested that we take a walk.
Proving
To establish the truth or validity of (something) by the presentation of argument or evidence
The novel proves that the essayist can write in more than one genre. The storm proved him to be wrong in his prediction.
Suggesting
To express or say indirectly
The police officer seemed to be suggesting that the death was not an accident.
Proving
To demonstrate the reality of (something)
He proved his strength by doing 50 pushups.
Suggesting
To make evident indirectly; intimate or imply
A silence that suggested disapproval.
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Proving
To show (oneself) to be what is specified or to have a certain characteristic
Proved herself to be a formidable debater.
Proved herself to be worthy of the task.
Suggesting
To bring or call to mind by logic or association; evoke
A cloud that suggests a mushroom.
A ringlike symbol suggesting unity.
Proving
To establish by the required amount of evidence
Proved his case in court.
Suggesting
To serve as or provide a motive for; prompt or demand
Such a crime suggests apt punishment.
Proving
To establish the authenticity of (a will).
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Suggesting
Present participle of suggest
Proving
To demonstrate the validity of (a hypothesis or proposition).
Suggesting
Suggestion
Proving
To verify (the result of a calculation).
Proving
To subject (a gun, for instance) to a test.
Proving
(Printing) To make a sample impression of (type); proof.
Proving
(Archaic) To find out or learn (something) through experience.
Proving
To be shown to be such; turn out
A theory that proved impractical in practice.
A schedule that proved to be too demanding.
Proving
Present participle of prove
Proving
(homeopathy) Experimentation to determine which substances cause which effects when ingested.
A book of provings
