Thinkessentially is to brain-storm or to have (an idea or thought) in mind.Supposeis justgoingahead withsomethingbased on less or no data.
“Ithinkyou are right.”VS“Isupposeyou are right.”
Ithink–basedon what you say, I amtryingtoponderabout yourlogicand I also feel that you are right.
Isuppose–thoughyou havegivenme some facts, I am not convinced yet, youcouldberightsince you have somefactsand I don’t have anyprooftostateotherwise.
SupposevsAssume
Supposeyou have 1crorewith you. What will you do with the money?
Assumethat you have 1 crore. What will you do with the money?
Both theabovesentences have the same meaning.
However,considerthis –
Isupposeyou have the keys to our apartment. (I gave it to yousometimeback, or youfoundit somewhere)
Iassumedthat you have ourapartmentkeys. (there is no evidence, thestatementisbasedon mypersonalguess)
Anotherdifference is thatsupposeismostlyused with 1stperson. Forexample– “Isupposeyou arerightis correct”,howeverwerarelysay “Shesupposesyou are right.”,thoughwe can use “Sheassumesthat you are right.”
Also,sincebothsupposeandassumeare used indifferentcontexts as well (as we have seen inexamplespreviously), thedifferenceinmeaningisobviousthere.
ThinkvsAssume
Think– abeliefbased on some idea.
Assume– abeliefwithout any proof,basedon guess.
·Why do youassumeyou know what Ithinkabouther?
·How can youassumethat Iwouldthinkaboutleaving this job?
·Don’tassumesomethingto be right, justbecauseyouthinkso.
Here is asentencethatexplainsthesubtledifferencebetweenthethreewords –
Isupposeit is safe toassumethat thetrainswillresumeservices onMondaybut we canstillthinkofothermodes oftransportlikeflightor bus asanotheroption.