Postulates are statements that are assumed to be true without proof.
Theorums are statements that can be deduced and proved from definitions, postulates, and previously proved theorums.
Theorem: A Proven Statement.
Postulate: An Accepted Statement without Proof.
Source: My Geometry Notes
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They mean similar things. A postulate is an unproven...
postulates are assumed to be true and we need not prove them. They provide the starting point for the proof of a theorem. A theorem is a proposition that can be deduced from postulates. We make a...
They both are statements that cannot or have not been proven yet, but cannot be proven wrong. They are used as facts would be used to prove other things.