What is the difference between subtract and deduce?
subtract | deduce |
To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number
To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
* Alexander Pope
* John Locke
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete) To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
(obsolete, Latinism) To lead forth.
* Selden
In transitive terms the difference between subtract and deduce
is that subtract is to remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number while deduce is to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.subtract
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(wikipedia subtract)Verb
(en verb)- If you subtract the $100 for gas and bridge toll, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* subtractiondeduce
English
Verb
- O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes / From the dire nation in its early times?
- Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known.
- See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors.
- to deduce a part from the whole
- (Ben Jonson)
- He should hither deduce a colony.