solve vs infer

solve and infer both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

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