Evident - evidential - Revision history

DavidWalker at 08:37, 4 August 2015

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PeterWilson at 16:59, 8 March 2009

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PeterWilson: New page: '''Evidential''' is NOT a more academic way of sayiung '''evident'''. Do not confuse the two. *The more veryday word is '''evident'''. {{wip}} category:disambig [[category:academic E...

2009-03-06T13:47:32Z

New page: '''Evidential''' is NOT a more academic way of sayiung '''evident'''. Do not confuse the two. *The more veryday word is '''evident'''. {{wip}} category:disambig [[category:academic E...

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'''Evidential''' is NOT a more academic way of sayiung '''evident'''. Do not confuse the two.
*The more veryday word is '''evident'''.

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 '''Evidential''' is NOT a more academic way of saying '''evident'''. Do not confuse the two.
-*The more everyday word is '''evident'''. It originally  meant'[highly] visible', and is now most usually "Clear to the understanding or the judgement; obvious, plain" (''[[OED]]'').
+*The more everyday word is '''evident'''. It originally  meant '[highly] visible', and is now most usually "Clear to the understanding or the judgement; obvious, plain" (''[[OED]]'').
 ::The [[etymological root|root]] is ''videre'', [[Latin]] for 'to see'; '''evident''' is closely related to '''evidence''', 'facts that support a belief', particularly in courts of law, or in academic work.
 *'''Evidential''', on the other hand, means 'relating to [the nature of] evidence'. Up to the twentieth century, the word was largely restricted to Theology, and discussions of what '''evidence''' was suitable to prove such matters as the nature, or existence, of God. Now it is more common in matters of law, as what material is suitable to be regarded as proper evidence in a court.

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-'''Evidential''' is NOT a more academic way of sayiung '''evident'''. Do not confuse the two.
+'''Evidential''' is NOT a more academic way of saying '''evident'''. Do not confuse the two.
-*The more veryday word is '''evident'''.
+*The more everyday word is '''evident'''. It originally  meant'[highly] visible', and is now most usually "Clear to the understanding or the judgement; obvious, plain" (''[[OED]]'').
+::The [[etymological root|root]] is ''videre'', [[Latin]] for 'to see'; '''evident''' is closely related to '''evidence''', 'facts that support a belief', particularly in courts of law, or in academic work.
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+*'''Evidential''', on the other hand, means 'relating to [the nature of] evidence'. Up to the twentieth century, the word was largely restricted to Theology, and discussions of what '''evidence''' was suitable to prove such matters as the nature, or existence, of God. Now it is more common in matters of law, as what material is suitable to be regarded as proper evidence in a court.
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