call attention vs indicate

call attention and indicate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
call attention	No	No	Yes	No
indicate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, indicate is a hypernym of call attention; that is, indicate is a word with a broader meaning than call attention:

call attention: point out carefully and clearly
indicate: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

Other hypernyms of call attention include designate, point, show.

call attention (verb)	indicate (verb)
point out carefully and clearly	to state or express briefly
	be a signal for or a symptom of
	give evidence of
	indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
	suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine