What is the difference between deduct and deduce?
deduct | deduce | Related terms |
To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.
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
Deduce is a related term of deduct.
As verbs the difference between deduct and deduce
is that deduct is to take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount while deduce is to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.deduct
English
Verb
(en verb)- I will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.
Anagrams
*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.
