Can anyone explain inductive vs deductive reasoning to me.

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Almost every website that talks about it says, “Inductive reasoning is a bottom up” approach while “deductive is a top down approach”.
Can anyone explain to me the THE DIFFERENCE? What makes these two forms of reasoning so different? Examples are always appreciated as well.

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Inductive reasoning is the sun will come up tomorrow because it has come up every day before. We can not generalize to all suns and planets since we have not observed them.

Deductive reasoning is the sun will come up tomorrow based on observation of celestial bodies and the earth will spin to face the sun. We can generalize to all suns and planets.

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