Deductive reasoning, or deduction, is making an inference based on widely-accepted facts or premises

Deductive reasoning, or deduction, is making an inference based on widely-accepted facts or premises. If a beverage is defined as “drinkable through a straw,” one could use deduction to determine whether soup is a beverage. Inductive reasoning, or induction, is making an inference based on observation, often of a sample.

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