C2
deduce vs divine
The difference
| Word | Meaning | Goes with | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| deduceverb/dɪˈduːs/ | Meaning to reach an answer or decision by thinking carefully about the facts you know | Goes with deduce from | Example Good readers deduce the meaning of new words from the context. |
| divineverb/dɪˈvaɪn/ | Meaning to discover or guess something using intuition or clues, not because you were told | Goes with divine the truth | Example Farmers once tried to divine the weather from the color of the sky. |
Which word fits?
1 of 8Pick the word for the gap. Its form may change in the sentence.
From the data, we can that boys read less than girls.