What is the difference between an axiom and a postulate?

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Axioms and postulates are assumptions that are obvious universal truths, but are not proved. Euclid used the term “postulate” for assumptions that were specific to geometry, whereas axioms are used throughout mathematics and are not specifically linked to geometry.

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