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Subtract vs Subduce - What's the difference?

subtract | subduce |

As verbs the difference between subtract and subduce

is that subtract is to remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number while subduce is to withdraw; to take away.

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

    subduce

    English

    Verb

    (subduc)
  • To withdraw; to take away.
  • (Milton)
  • To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
  • * Sir M. Hale
  • If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten.