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Infer vs Objectify - What's the difference?

infer | objectify |

As verbs the difference between infer and objectify

is that infer is to introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence while objectify is to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

infer

English

Verb

(inferr)
  • To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
  • * 2010 , "Keep calm, but don't carry on", The Economist , 7 Oct 2010:
    • It is dangerous to infer too much from martial bluster in British politics: at the first hint of trouble, channelling Churchill is a default tactic for beleaguered leaders of all sorts.
  • To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.)
  • *, II.3:
    • These and a thousand like propositions, which concurre in this purpose, do evidently inferre .
  • * Shakespeare
    • This doth infer the zeal I had to see him.
  • * Sir Thomas More
    • The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first.
  • (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) (upon) or (to) someone.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.8:
    • faire Serena.
  • (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Full well hath Clifford played the orator, / Inferring arguments of mighty force.

    Usage notes

    There are two ways in which the word "infer" is sometimes used as if it meant "imply". "Implication" is done by a person when making a "statement", whereas "inference" is done to a proposition after it had already been made or assumed. Secondly, the word "infer" can sometimes be used to mean "allude" or "express" in a suggestive manner rather than as a direct "statement". Using the word "infer" in this sense is now generally considered incorrect. [http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000232.htm

    Synonyms

    * assume, conclude, deduce, construe

    Related terms

    * inferable * inference * -ferous (-iferous)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    objectify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses
  • * 1906 : Jack London, White Fang
    • It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him.
  • to treat as something objectively real
  • * 1921 : Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow
    • The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology.
  • to treat as a mere object and deny the dignity of
  • * 1999 : Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 3.04)
    • The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body.

    Synonyms

    * reify, thingify

    Derived terms

    * objectification