infer vs solve

infer and solve both are verbs.

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

As verbs, solve is a hypernym of infer; that is, solve is a word with a broader meaning than infer:

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

Other hypernyms of infer include figure out, lick, puzzle out, work, work out.

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