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Inductive vs Intuitive - What's the difference?

inductive | intuitive |

As adjectives the difference between inductive and intuitive

is that inductive is of, or relating to logical induction while intuitive is spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

As a noun intuitive is

one who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.

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

    intuitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
  • * 2013 February 16, Laurie Goodstein, “ Cardinals Size Up Potential Candidates for New Pope”, NYTimes.com :
    • These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive , often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.
    The intuitive response turned out to be correct.
  • Easily understood or grasped by intuition.
    • Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.
  • Having a marked degree of intuition.

    • Antonyms

    * non-intuitive * counterintuitive

    Related terms

    * intuition * intuit

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.
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