Inference vs Suggestion - 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.
(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for )
(uncountable) The act of suggesting.
(countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
In uncountable terms the difference between inference and suggestion
is that inference is the act or process of inferring by deduction or induction while suggestion is the act of suggesting.In countable terms the difference between inference and suggestion
is that inference is that which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction while suggestion is something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for.inference
English
(wikipedia inference)Noun
Derived terms
* deductive inference * inductive inference * statistical inferencesuggestion
English
(wikipedia suggestion)Noun
- I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
- Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.