Deduction vs Deducement - What's the difference?
deduction | deducement |
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
As nouns the difference between deduction and deducement
is that deduction is that which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed while deducement is inference; deduction.deduction
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.
