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Inference vs Sequitur - What's the difference?

inference | sequitur |

As nouns the difference between inference and sequitur

is that inference is inference while sequitur is a logical conclusion or consequence of facts.

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

    sequitur

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.
  • *1843 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:
  • *:He is accordingly in haste to show that it was not kept on shore; for, if so, ‘some trace would be found on shore of the murderers’. I presume you smile at the sequitur .
  • Antonyms

    * non sequitur ----