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entailment vs illation

illation vs entailment

entailment and illation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
entailment Yes No No No
illation Yes No No No
As nouns, illation is a hypernym of entailment; that is, illation is a word with a broader meaning than entailment:
  • entailment: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
  • illation: the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
Other hypernyms of entailment include inference.
entailment (noun) illation (noun)
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
Difference between entailment and illation

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