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implication vs innuendo

innuendo vs implication

implication and innuendo both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
implication Yes No No No
innuendo Yes No No No
As nouns, innuendo is a hyponym of implication; that is, innuendo is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than implication:
  • implication: an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
  • innuendo: an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
Other hyponyms of implication include unspoken accusation, veiled accusation, insinuation.
implication (noun) innuendo (noun)
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false
Difference between implication and innuendo

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