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believe vs infer

infer vs believe

believe and infer both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
believe No No Yes No
infer No No Yes No
As verbs, infer is a hyponym of believe; that is, infer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than believe:
  • believe: accept as true; take to be true
  • infer: believe to be the case
Other hyponyms of believe include understand, swallow, buy, believe, trust, believe in.
believe (verb) infer (verb)
accept as true; take to be true reason by deduction; establish by deduction
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer believe to be the case
credit with veracity guess correctly; solve by guessing
be confident about something conclude by reasoning; in logic
judge or regard; look upon; judge draw from specific cases for more general cases
Difference between believe and infer

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