زوج يختلط · B2

Imply or infer?

The speaker implies; the listener infers. If you suggest something without saying it, you are implying it. If you work something out from what you were told, you are inferring it. The two words describe opposite ends of the same act of communication, which is why swapping them produces a sentence that means the reverse of what you intended.

أي كلمة، ولماذا

imply

the speaker: puts the meaning in

To suggest something without stating it directly.

imply that · strongly implied · what are you implying?

infer

the listener: takes the meaning out

To work something out from evidence or from what was said.

infer from the data · we can infer that

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