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Eduction vs Obversion - What's the difference?

eduction | obversion |

As nouns the difference between eduction and obversion

is that eduction is the act of educing, of deducing: deduction while obversion is the act of turning toward or downward.

eduction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of educing, of deducing: deduction.
  • The result of educing; something which has been educed; inference, deduction.
  • (lb) A process by which the Earth's crust spreads sideways and exposes deep-seated rocks.

    • obversion

    English

    Noun

  • The act of turning toward or downward.
  • (logic) An immediate inference that denies the opposite of something previously affirmed.
    • All men are mortal, so, by obversion , no men are immortal.
  • * 1870 , Alexander Bain, Logic: Induction
    • From 'warmth is agreeable' we can affirm, by formal obversion , 'warmth is not disagreeable, and not indifferent.' We cannot affirm, without an examination of the subject matter, 'cold is disagreeable.'