infer vs overgeneralise

infer and overgeneralise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
infer	No	No	Yes	No
overgeneralise	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of infer include overgeneralize, universalise, universalize.

infer (verb)	overgeneralise (verb)
reason by deduction; establish by deduction	draw too general a conclusion
believe to be the case
guess correctly; solve by guessing
conclude by reasoning; in logic
draw from specific cases for more general cases