Premiss vs. Premise: What's the Difference?

Alternative spelling of premise

A proposition upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn.

Alternative spelling of premise

One of the propositions in a deductive argument.

Premise.

Either the major or the minor proposition of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;

Land, the buildings on it, or both the land and the buildings on it.

Take something as preexisting and given

A building or particular portion of a building.

(Law) The part of a deed that states the details of the conveyance of the property.

To provide a basis for; base

To state or assume as a proposition in an argument.

To state in advance as an introduction or explanation.

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.

A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.

(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.

To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.

To make a premise.

To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.

To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.

A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.

To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.

To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;

Set forth beforehand, often as an explanation;

Furnish with a preface or introduction;

Take something as preexisting and given