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Conjecturing vs Surmise - What's the difference?

conjecturing | surmise |

As verbs the difference between conjecturing and surmise

is that conjecturing is while surmise is .

As a noun conjecturing

is the forming of conjectures.

conjecturing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The forming of conjectures.
  • * 1830 , Anna Maria Porter, The Barony (volume 3, page 460)
  • The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind

    surmise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
  • surmises of jealousy or of envy
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practices contradict his profession; not upon small surmises .
  • * 1919 ,
  • The meeting had been devoid of incident. No word had been said to give me anything to think about, and any surmises I might make were unwarranted. I was intrigued.
  • Reflection; thought; posit.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (surmis)
  • To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.