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Inference vs Guessing - What's the difference?

inference | guessing |

As nouns the difference between inference and guessing

is that inference is the act or process of inferring by deduction or induction while guessing is the act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.

As a verb guessing is

present participle of lang=en.

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

    guessing

    English

    Noun

    (guessings)
  • The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * guessing game