Inference vs Hunch - What's the difference?
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(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.
A hump; a protuberance.
A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
A theory, idea, or guess.
A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
Inference is a related term of hunch.
As nouns the difference between inference and hunch
is that inference is inference while hunch is a hump; a protuberance.As a verb hunch is
to slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.inference
English
(wikipedia inference)Noun
Derived terms
* deductive inference * inductive inference * statistical inferencehunch
English
Noun
(es)- The old man walked with a hunch .
- I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.
- a hunch of bread
Synonyms
* (guess) hint, clueVerb
(en verb)- Do not hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.
- (Dryden)