Imply: when you’re putting it down
Infer: when you’re picking it up
“He implied that there was something more going on, but I inferred he was just covering his own ass.”
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to express indirectly; to involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement; to contain potentially… See the full definition
