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Indication vs Inference - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between indication and inference

is that indication is act of pointing out or indicating while inference is the act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

indication

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Act of pointing out or indicating.
  • That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
    • The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. .
  • Discovery made; information.
  • (obsolete) Explanation]]; display. [[w:Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon .
  • (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
  • (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

    • Related terms

    * index * indicate * indicator * indicative

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    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