infer vs overgeneralize

infer and overgeneralize both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of infer include overgeneralise, universalise, universalize.

infer (verb)	overgeneralize (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