Re: Card trick when you guess wrong
  By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Fri Aug 11 2017 06:17:19

 JD>>>> That was what I was referring to about what I read <G>

 RN>>> Infer or imply? (-:

 JD>>> Refer.  Most definitely <G>

 RN>> Okay, but my point is that you still don't know the difference. (-:[

 JD>> Are you implying that I am unaware? 

 RN> Of course not! I'm inferring it.


in·fer


/in'fYr/


verb

verb: infer; 3rd person present: infers; past tense: inferred; past participle:
inferred; gerund or present participle: inferring




deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from
explicit statements.
"from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing"


synonyms: deduce, conclude, conjecture, surmise, reason, interpret,
gather, understand, presume, assume, take it, extrapolate; 

read between the lines, figure (out); 

informalreckon 


"is it really possible to infer that a crime was committed, given this flimsy
evidence 


im·ply


/im'pl+/


verb

verb: imply; 3rd person present: implies; past tense: implied; past participle:
implied; gerund or present participle: implying




strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated).
"the salesmen who uses jargon to imply his superior knowledge"


synonyms: insinuate, suggest, hint (at), intimate, say indirectly, indicate,
give someone to understand, convey the impression, signal 
"are you implying he is mad?" 




ct or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence.
"the forecasted traffic increase implied more roads and more air pollution"


Joe





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