Imply vs. Infer

Implyverb

to have as a necessary consequence

Implyverb

to suggest by logical inference

Implyverb

to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement

Implyverb

(archaic) to enfold, entangle.

Implyverb

To infold or involve; to wrap up.

Implyverb

To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.

Implyverb

To refer, ascribe, or attribute.

Implyverb

express or state indirectly

Implyverb

suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

Implyverb

have as a logical consequence;

Implyverb

suggest that someone is guilty

Implyverb

have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail;

Inferverb

(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

Inferverb

(transitive) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.)

Inferverb

(obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.

Inferverb

(obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in.

Inferverb

To bring on; to induce; to occasion.

Inferverb

To offer, as violence.

Inferverb

To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.

Inferverb

To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.

Inferverb

To show; to manifest; to prove.

Inferverb

reason by deduction; establish by deduction

Inferverb

draw from specific cases for more general cases

Inferverb

conclude by reasoning; in logic

Inferverb

guess correctly; solve by guessing;

Inferverb

believe to be the case;