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Guesswork vs Inference - What's the difference?

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Guesswork is a related term of inference.


As nouns the difference between guesswork and inference

is that guesswork is an estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information while inference is inference.

guesswork

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

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  • An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
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    • Related terms

    * guesstimate

    See also

    * dead reckoning

    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