figure out vs infer

figure out and infer both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
figure out	No	No	Yes	No
infer	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, infer is a hyponym of figure out; that is, infer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than figure out:

figure out: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
infer: guess correctly; solve by guessing

Other hyponyms of figure out include answer, resolve, riddle, strike, guess, answer, break.

figure out (verb)	infer (verb)
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of	reason by deduction; establish by deduction
	believe to be the case
	guess correctly; solve by guessing
	conclude by reasoning; in logic
	draw from specific cases for more general cases