What's the difference between trust and believe? In a sentence such as
Don't ... a man who keeps flattering you.
should I fill in trust or believe?
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Sign up to join this communityWhat's the difference between trust and believe? In a sentence such as
Don't ... a man who keeps flattering you.
should I fill in trust or believe?
Trust is a feeling or a general sense. It has to do with the way you perceive another person or source of information. If you trust someone you tend to believe that what they say is true. If you trust a certain website that means you think most if not all of the stories posted there are correct.
Believe has to do with individual facts, and its is on a case by case basis. Someone might say I believe that Syria used chemical weapons, but I don't believe the president knew about it.
BELIEVE : If someone gives you an information and find out that the information is true, then you will believe.
TRUST : If someone gives you an information and you accept it without finding out, it's means you trust the person
Trust presupposes Truth and precedes Belief!
Belief is to accept something as being TRUE...
If you use believe it should be never believe 'in' a man, while trust does not need in after the word in this context.
Although both can be used interchangeably, in this context it would be trust.