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Infer vs. Imply
Continual vs. Continuous
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Infer v. Imply: It’s all about the source. Both words refer to a veiled conclusion based on subtle information given. Someone who draws their own conclusion based on subtle information is inferring. The person who seems to say/mean something without explicitly stating the conclusion is implying. If I tell you that dress doesn’t look very modest, I am implying that you look like a whore, and you have to infer what I meant.
Continual v. Continuous: Think of the first one like annual, because continual means that XYZ is repeating, but there are gaps in time where XYZ isn’t happening. Continuous ABC is ongoing without stopping. Students go to school continually, because they have to return to classrooms. Inmates are in prison continuously, because they don’t go home.