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Subtract vs Deduction - What's the difference?

subtract | deduction |

As a verb subtract

is to remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.

As a noun deduction is

that which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.

subtract

English

(wikipedia subtract)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number
    • If you subtract the $100 for gas and bridge toll, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * subtraction

    deduction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
  • A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
    • You might want to donate the old junk and just take the deduction .
  • (logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
  • A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
    • He arrived at the deduction that the butler didn't do it.
  • The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
    • Through his powers of deduction , he realized that the plan would never work.