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1 Dec 2020
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What is the difference between infer and speculate ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between infer and speculate ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Infer is a bit more logical in the deduction.
Speculate: form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence
Ex. Kayla speculated about Taylor’s absence, and created wild stories about her whereabouts.
Infer: deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
Ex. Tracy inferred that her dog would grow to be 70 pounds since most dogs of his breed are around that weight.
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If you infer a conclusion, you're confident that it is correct, based on some evidence. If you speculate, you're not confident, you're just guessing.
For example:
You come home and find that your wife has gone out. You don't know where she was planning to go, so you speculate that she might have gone to the grocery store or to visit a friend.
Then you notice that her gym bag and her workout clothes are missing. Now that you have a clue, you can infer that she has probably gone to the gym.
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