indicant vs tincture

tincture vs indicant

indicant and tincture both are nouns.

indicant is not a verb while tincture is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
indicant	Yes	No	No	No
tincture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, tincture is a hyponym of indicant; that is, tincture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than indicant:

indicant: something that serves to indicate or suggest
tincture: an indication that something has been present

Other hyponyms of indicant include gesture, evidence, shadow, trace, vestige, symptom, signalisation, signalization, pointing out, manifestation, mark, print, glimpse, forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor, clue, hint, smoke.

indicant (noun)	tincture (noun)
a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time	(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
something that serves to indicate or suggest	a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
	an indication that something has been present
	a substance that colors or dyes

indicant (verb)	tincture (verb)
	stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color
	fill, as with a certain quality

Difference between indicant and tincture

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