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

  1. Calculation as a noun (mathematics, uncountable):

    The act or process of calculating.

  2. Calculation as a noun (mathematics, countable):

    The result of calculating.

  3. Calculation as a noun (countable):

    Reckoning, estimate.

    Examples:

    "By my calculation, we should be there by midnight."

  4. Calculation as a noun (countable):

    An expectation based on circumstances.

  1. Guess as a verb:

    To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.

  2. Guess as a verb:

    To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

    Examples:

    "He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring."

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

  5. Guess as a verb (obsolete):

    To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

  1. 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"