Can anyone explain inductive vs deductive reasoning to me.

Question

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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Answer 1

Deductive: you eliminate possibilities one by one, sometimes using prior things you have eliminated to eliminate others, until you get to a conclusion.

Inductive: you start from something known, and then logically build by pointing out implications of what is known, and implications from those implications, until you get to a conclusion.