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Deduce vs Decrease - What's the difference?

deduce | decrease |

In lang=en terms the difference between deduce and decrease

is that deduce is to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises while decrease is to make (a quantity) smaller.

As verbs the difference between deduce and decrease

is that deduce is to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises while decrease is of a quantity, to become smaller.

As a noun decrease is

an amount by which a quantity is decreased.

deduce

English

Verb

  • To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes / From the dire nation in its early times?
  • * John Locke
    • Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors.
  • (obsolete) To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
    • to deduce a part from the whole
    (Ben Jonson)
  • (obsolete, Latinism) To lead forth.
  • * Selden
    • He should hither deduce a colony.

    Usage notes

    For example, from the premises "all good people believe in the tooth fairy" and "Jimmy does not believe in the tooth fairy", we deduce the conclusion "Jimmy is not a good person". This particular form of deduction is called a syllogism. Note that in this case we reach a false conclusion by correct deduction from a false premise.

    Antonyms

    * (reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic)

    Synonyms

    * (reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic)

    Related terms

    (terms related to "deduce") * adduce * conduct * conducive * deduct * deduction * duke * induce * introduce * reduce * reduction * seduce * subduction * transduce

    Anagrams

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    decrease

    English

    Verb

    (decreas)
  • Of a quantity, to become smaller.
  • To make (a quantity) smaller.

    • Synonyms

    * (become smaller) drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink * (make smaller) abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce

    Antonyms

    * (become larger) go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly) * (make larger) increase, increment, raise, up (informal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
  • (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See .

    • Synonyms

    * (amount by which a quantity is decreased) cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

    Antonyms

    * (amount by which a quantity is decreased) gain, increase, increment, raise , rise

    Anagrams

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