Difference between Guess and Surmise

GUESS vs SURMISE: NOUN

A notion gathered from mere probability or imperfect information; a judgment or conclusion without sufficient or determinate evidence; a conjecture; a surmise: as, to act by guess.
An estimate based on little or no information
A conjecture arrived at by guessing.
An act or instance of guessing.
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
See another-guess, a.
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.

Reflection; thought; posit.
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, surmises of jealousy or of envy.
Reflection; thought.
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
In ecclesiastical law, an allegation in a libel.
In old English law, a suggestion. See suggestion, 5.
Synonyms See surmise, verb, and inference.
Thought; reflection.
The thought that something may be, of which, however, there is no certain or strong evidence; speculation; conjecture.
An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture.
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.

To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.

[This use is common in English literature from the first appearance of the word; but it is now regarded as colloquial, and, from its frequency in the United States, it is generally supposed by Englishmen to be an “Americanism.” By an easy extension guess is used for think, believe, or suppose, even where the meaning is not at all conjectural, but positive, and it is then logically superfluous, serving merely to make the assertion less abrupt: as, I guess I will go now (that is, I am going now); I guess I know what I'm about (that is, I know what I am doing). In most instances this use probably arises from a desire to avoid positive assertion, or from some feeling of hesitation or uncertainty.] Synonyms Imagine, Presume, etc. See conjecture.
In a loose use, to believe; think; suppose; imagine: with a clause for object.
To conjecture rightly; solve by a correct conjecture; form a true opinion of: as, to guess one's design; to guess a riddle.
To form, without certain knowledge, but from probable indications, a notion concerning; form a provisional or an imperfect opinion concerning; conjecture; surmise.
Solve by guessing
Guess correctly
To form a conjecture; judge or conclude from incomplete or uncertain evidence: commonly with at or by.

Hazard, Approximate, Speculation, Gauge, Hypothesis, Guesswork, Estimate, Conjecture, Supposition, Infer, Reckon, Surmise, Imagine, Think, Suppose

Hypothesize, Postulate, Posit, Deduce, Suppose, Assume, Suggest, Infer, Presume, Suspect, Speculation, Hypothesis, Conjecture, Guess, Supposition

Shot, Venture, Hazard, Approximate, Speculation, Gauge, Hypothesis, Estimate, Conjecture, Supposition, Infer, Reckon, Imagine, Think, Suppose

Speculate, Believe, Postulate, Posit, Deduce, Suppose, Suggest, Infer, Presume, Suspect, Speculation, Hypothesis, Conjecture, Guess, Supposition

Guess what our darllings at Air India did?
Guess what passage we started in on today?
AP: I guess there were two streams working.
Well dam I guess this was pure dopamine.
The guesser wins if the guess is correct and the flipperwins if the guess is incorrect.
This method starts with an initial guess and calculates iteratively a new guess that is closer to the actual value than the previous value.
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It turns a blind guess into an educated guess.

They briefly surmise the superior qualities of such premium fonts.
The ramifications for future presidents are not difficult to surmise.
Hypothetical needs, surmise, and suspicion should be afforded no weight.
How much he saw of her, we can only surmise.
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Ifnot disproved, one may surmise that it is true.
Under torture, this time of wild surmise and alarm.
Within a few minutes his surmise was endorsed.
Now one could surmise different things about this.
But all that is surmise, but surmise that could be answered by examination of aerial or satellite photos.