Difference between Putative and Reputed

What is the difference between Putative and Reputed?

Putative as an adjective is commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof. while Reputed as an adjective is pertaining to a reputation accorded to another.

Putative

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.

Reputed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to a reputation accorded to another.Pertaining to that which is supposed or assumed to be true.

We hope you now know whether to use Putative or Reputed in your sentence.

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