Deduce vs Detect - What's the difference?
deduce | detect |
To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
* Alexander Pope
* John Locke
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete) To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
(obsolete, Latinism) To lead forth.
* Selden
In obsolete terms the difference between deduce and detect
is that deduce is to take away; to deduct; to subtract while detect is detected.As verbs the difference between deduce and detect
is that deduce is to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.As an adjective detect is
detected.deduce
English
Verb
- O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes / From the dire nation in its early times?
- Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known.
- See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors.
- to deduce a part from the whole
- (Ben Jonson)
- He should hither deduce a colony.