Implyorinfer?

Weimplysomething by what we say. Weinfersomething from what somebody else says. The main difference between these two words is that aspeakercanimply, but a listener can onlyinfer.

When someone implies something, they put the suggestionintothe message:

Are youimplyingthat the team cheated?

When someone infers something, they take the suggestionout ofthe message. In order to underline this difference,inferis used with the prepositionfrom:

Then I think we mustinfer fromwhat they said that they believe we should reapply for the job.