The difference between Calculation and Guess
When used as nouns, calculation means the act or process of calculating, whereas guess means a prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
Guess is also verb with the meaning: to reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
check bellow for the other definitions of Calculation and Guess
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Calculation as a noun (mathematics, uncountable):
The act or process of calculating.
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Calculation as a noun (mathematics, countable):
The result of calculating.
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Calculation as a noun (countable):
Reckoning, estimate.
Examples:
"By my calculation, we should be there by midnight."
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Calculation as a noun (countable):
An expectation based on circumstances.
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Guess as a verb:
To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
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Guess as a verb:
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
Examples:
"He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring."
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Guess as a verb (chiefly, US):
to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
Examples:
"That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online."
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Guess as a verb (colloquial):
To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
Examples:
"I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
"I guess I'll go to bed."
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Guess as a verb (obsolete):
To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
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Guess as a noun:
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
Examples:
"If you don't know the answer, take a guess."
"synonyms: estimate hypothesis prediction"