Difference between 'infer' and 'imply'

[NoVittyAte]

I'm currently enduring a dreadful Jason Statham action-flick. He has just been interrogating a suspect, who said she "...didn't do nothing".

Statham sneerily replies "You didn't do anything- 'didn't do nothing' is a double negative: it infers a positive."

It doesn't 'infer' anything, it implies that, you arsehat.

It is, Mavis. Portage were a lifeline for me too

Portage is f**ked. Its not a statutory service so is not safe from being deleted. We only do 12 weeks now instead of birth to preschool.

I doubt many teams will survive intact or at all. Managers do not know what it is or how important it is.

It is very sad.

I will stop hijacking thread though.

(I am NOT a dogger - just want to be clear).

just an implied one....

anyway,

you imply something - meaning you say or do somthing that makes another person think that thing to be true.

you infer something - you take something that someone has said and apply it to be true.

Mavis " some people have no Taste"
(Mavis is implying that Angie has no Taste)
Angie: "are you saying I have no taste?"
(Angie is inferring that Mavis thinks she's got no Taste)

I am inferring that Mavis believes there are people in the world who cannot ever have the pleasure of chocolate. (taste, see, like in the mouth. that was a pun that one)

"die like a bitch" - surely that's just a comparison, rather than a simile. It's definitely not a metaphor though!

I wondered whether to challenge my BIL's incorrect use of infer during a recent conversation. However, my inlaws already think I am bossy, smug and critical, so I pretended I hadn't heard.