universalize vs infer

universalize and infer both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of universalize include extrapolate, generalise, generalize.

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