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Deduction vs Cloff - What's the difference?

deduction | cloff |

As nouns the difference between deduction and cloff

is that deduction is that which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed while cloff is formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

deduction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
  • A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
  • You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction .
  • (logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
  • A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
  • He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
  • The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
  • Through his powers of deduction , he realized that the plan would never work.

    cloff

    English

    Alternative forms

    * clough

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
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