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Inductive vs Abductive - What's the difference?

inductive | abductive |

As adjectives the difference between inductive and abductive

is that inductive is (logic) of, or relating to logical induction while abductive is (anatomy) related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement .

inductive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (logic) of, or relating to logical induction
  • (physics) of, relating to, or arising from induction or inductance
  • introductory or preparatory
  • influencing; tending to induce or cause
  • * Milton
    • A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • They may be inductive of credibility.

    Derived terms

    * inductive bias * inductive circuit * inductive coupling * inductive dimension * inductive effect * inductive embarrassment * inductive inference * inductive logic programming * inductive output tube * inductive reactance * inductive reasoning * inductive set * inductive statistics * inductive voltage divider

    abductive

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia abductive) (-)
  • (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.
  • (logic, computing) Characterizing a logical process as being one of abduction or inference.
  • (rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
  • * 2010 , Steve Hendricks, A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial (ISBN 0393065812), page 169:
    • The logs showed that between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the abductive day, 10,718 SIMs connected with the seven

    Antonyms

    * deductive

    See also

    * abductive reasoning

    References

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