Deduction vs Clough - What's the difference?
deduction | clough |
That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
(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
The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
(Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
A cliff; a rocky precipice.
(label) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
(label) A wood; weald.
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.
As nouns the difference between deduction and clough
is that deduction is that which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed while clough is a narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.As a proper noun Clough is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction .
- He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
- Through his powers of deduction , he realized that the plan would never work.
clough
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (Scotland)Noun
(en noun)- (Nares)
- (Knight)
