If you don't fail, you're not even trying.” by Denzel Washington

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Proof(C or U)vs. evidence(U)/證據/證明

Proof(C or U)vs. evidence(U)/證據/證明,昨天突然想到以前好像沒有想到去分別兩個字的異同,認真的跟google大神請教了一下,就我的了解,當你有了proof,表示你有確切證據,可以證明一件事情的真實與否,而evidence只是能證明某件事情真偽的證據之一,換句話說,你可能需要很多evidence,才算有proof可以證明某件事的真假:

His finger print is a piece of evidence that shows he was in the victim's house last night.

The knife with his finger print and victim's blood on it is a solid proof that he murdered the victim.


Additional note:
在科學領域,只有evidence但沒有proof,因為科學沒有絕對的真與假,所有結果都是推論或實驗而來,同步提供大家參考了。

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