If some one writes an article dealing with language, you think they would be on top of it enough to know that Houdini was an escape artist, not a conjurer, as the article implies. (infers? I always forget...)
—as the article implies. (infers? I always forget...)—
“Imply” is what the talker/writer does. “Infer” is what the reader/listener does.
Joe: “Mary is an idiot.”
Bill: “Are you implying that Mary does not have a degree?”
Joe: “No, you are inferring that. She has a degree. She is an educated idiot.”
Joe: “Mary is an idiot.”
Judy: “Are you implying that Mary is not fit to teach?”
Joe: “Yes. Yes I am.”