Vocab Tadka : Deduction vs Induction (Confusing Words)
Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Deduction & Induction.
DEDUCTION
| 1 | (n) | a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer’s income bracket Type: ‘noun.possession’ Synonym: tax deduction, tax write-off, |
| 2 | (n) | an amount or percentage deducted Type: ‘noun.possession’ Synonym: discount, |
| 3 | (n) | something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) Type: ‘noun.cognition’ Usage: ‘his resignation had political implications’ Synonym: entailment, implication, |
| 4 | (n) | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) Type: ‘noun.cognition’ Synonym: deductive reasoning, synthesis, |
| 5 | (n) | the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) Type: ‘noun.act’ Usage: ‘he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks’ Synonym: subtraction, |
| 6 | (n) | the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise Type: ‘noun.act’ Synonym: discount, price reduction, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- We have seen how its utilization in the ” structure theory ” permitted great clarification, and attempts were not wanting for the deduction of analogies or a periodicity between elements.
- The conclusion that each element had a definite atomic weight, peculiar to it, was the new idea that made his speculations fruitful, because it allowed of quantitative deduction and verification.
- The revenue was about 3,600,000; after deduction of taxes, interest on debts, expenses of management, &c., 2,080,000.
INDUCTION
| 1 | (n) | a formal entry into an organization or position or office Type: ‘noun.event’ Usage: ‘his initiation into the club’ Usage: ‘he was ordered to report for induction into the army’ Usage: ‘he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame’ Synonym: initiation, installation, |
| 2 | (n) | an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current Type: ‘noun.phenomenon’ Synonym: inductance, |
| 3 | (n) | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles Type: ‘noun.cognition’ Synonym: generalisation, generalization, inductive reasoning, |
| 4 | (n) | stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors Type: ‘noun.cognition’ Usage: ‘the elicitation of his testimony was not easy’ Synonym: elicitation, evocation, |
| 5 | (n) | the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time) Type: ‘noun.act’ Usage: ‘the induction of an anesthetic state’ |
| 6 | (n) | an act that sets in motion some course of events Type: ‘noun.act’ Synonym: initiation, trigger, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- He also made important contributions to the mathematical theory of electrodynamics, and in papers published in 1845 and 1847 established mathematically the laws of the induction of electric currents.
- It may also be prepared by heating ammonium oxalate; by passing induction sparks between carbon points in an atmosphere of nitrogen.
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