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understand vs infer

infer vs understand

understand and infer both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
understand No No Yes No
infer No No Yes No
As verbs, understand and infer are synonyms defined as:
  • understand and infer: believe to be the case
understand (verb) infer (verb)
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of reason by deduction; establish by deduction
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally believe to be the case
believe to be the case guess correctly; solve by guessing
make sense of a language conclude by reasoning; in logic
be understanding of draw from specific cases for more general cases
Difference between understand and infer

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