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Inter vs Deduce - What's the difference?

inter | deduce |

As verbs the difference between inter and deduce

is that inter is to bury in a grave while deduce is to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.

inter

English

Verb

  • To bury in a grave.

    • Usage notes

    * The spellings (intering) (for (interring)) and (intered) (for (interred)) exist as well, but are much less common.

    Synonyms

    * bury, inearth, entomb, inhume

    Antonyms

    * dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

    Derived terms

    * reinter

    Anagrams

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    deduce

    English

    Verb

  • To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes / From the dire nation in its early times?
  • * John Locke
    • Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors.
  • (obsolete) To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
    • to deduce a part from the whole
    (Ben Jonson)
  • (obsolete, Latinism) To lead forth.
  • * Selden
    • He should hither deduce a colony.

    Usage notes

    For example, from the premises "all good people believe in the tooth fairy" and "Jimmy does not believe in the tooth fairy", we deduce the conclusion "Jimmy is not a good person". This particular form of deduction is called a syllogism. Note that in this case we reach a false conclusion by correct deduction from a false premise.

    Antonyms

    * (reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic)

    Synonyms

    * (reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic)

    Related terms

    (terms related to "deduce") * adduce * conduct * conducive * deduct * deduction * duke * induce * introduce * reduce * reduction * seduce * subduction * transduce

    Anagrams

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