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What is the difference between seduce and deduce?

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Deduce is a related term of seduce.



As verbs the difference between seduce and deduce

is that seduce is to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray while deduce is to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.

seduce

English

Verb

  • To beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
  • Your father was seduced by the dark side of The Force.'' - Obi Wan Kenobi, ''
  • To entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship.
  • Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?'' - Benjamin Braddock, ''
  • (by extension, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.
  • To win over or attract someone.
  • 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)

    Anagrams

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