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Defalcation vs Deduction - What's the difference?

defalcation | deduction |

As nouns the difference between defalcation and deduction

is that defalcation is deduction (act of deducting), defalcation while deduction is deduction (all meanings).

defalcation

English

(wikipedia defalcation)

Noun

(wikipedia defalcation) (en noun)
  • (legal) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
  • embezzlement
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    Related terms

    * defalcate * falcate

    References

    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.