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Inkling vs Surmise - What's the difference?

inkling | surmise |

As nouns the difference between inkling and surmise

is that inkling is a slight suspicion or hint while surmise is thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

As verbs the difference between inkling and surmise

is that inkling is present participle of lang=en while surmise is to conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

inkling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A slight suspicion or hint.
  • (dialect) Inclination, desire.

    • Verb

    (head)

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    surmise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
    • surmises of jealousy or of envy
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practices contradict his profession; not upon small surmises .
  • * 1919 ,
    • The meeting had been devoid of incident. No word had been said to give me anything to think about, and any surmises I might make were unwarranted. I was intrigued.
  • Reflection; thought; posit.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (surmis)
  • To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

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