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Generalization vs Inference - What's the difference?

generalization | inference |

As nouns the difference between generalization and inference

is that generalization is standard spelling of from=American spelling|from2=Oxford British spelling|lang=en|generalisation while inference is the act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

generalization

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • inference

    English

    (wikipedia inference)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
  • (countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

    • Derived terms

    * deductive inference * inductive inference * statistical inference