indicate vs designate

designate vs indicate

indicate is not an adjective while designate is an adjective.

indicate and designate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
indicate	No	No	Yes	No
designate	No	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, indicate and designate are synonyms defined as:

indicate and designate: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

Other synonyms of indicate include point, show.

indicate (adjective)	designate (adjective)
	appointed but not yet installed in office

indicate (verb)	designate (verb)
to state or express briefly	design or destine
be a signal for or a symptom of	assign a name or title to
give evidence of	decree or designate beforehand
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively	indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Difference between indicate and designate

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