assert vs exceptional

assert

noun
  • an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true. 

verb
  • He would often assert that there was life on other planets. 

  • To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to 

  • To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. 

  • To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of. 

  • To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current. 

  • To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code. 

  • To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. 

exceptional

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

adj
  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence. 

  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. 

  • Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity. 

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