Ben Says, "Hawaii Is the Best Vacation Spot in the World

Ben says, "Hawaii is the best vacation spot in the world." Ethan, who has read reliable data about the subject, says, "Statistics show that more people vacation in Paris than in Hawaii." The difference between their statements is that Ben's is ____________, whereas Ethan's is

A) semantic; syntactic
B) exhaustive; phonological
C) opinion-based; fact-based
D) precise; semantic