The difference between Conclude and Deduce

When used as verbs, conclude means to end, whereas deduce means to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.


check bellow for the other definitions of Conclude and Deduce

  1. Conclude as a verb (intransitive):

    To end; to come to an end.

    Examples:

    "The story concluded with a moral."

  2. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

  3. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

    Examples:

    "to conclude a bargain"

  4. Conclude as a verb (transitive):

    To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

    Examples:

    "From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered."

  5. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

  6. Conclude as a verb:

    To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar;generally in the passive.

    Examples:

    "The defendant is concluded by his own plea."

    "A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence."

  7. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To shut up; to enclose.

  8. Conclude as a verb (obsolete):

    To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.

  9. Conclude as a verb (logic):

    to deduce, to infer

  1. Deduce as a verb (transitive):

    To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.

  2. Deduce as a verb (obsolete):

    To take away; to deduct; to subtract.

    Examples:

    "to deduce a part from the whole"

    "rfquotek Ben Jonson"

  3. Deduce as a verb (obsolete, Latinism):

    To lead forth.

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