indicate vs point out

indicate and point out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
indicate	No	No	Yes	No
point out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, point out is a hyponym of indicate; that is, point out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than indicate:

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

Other hyponyms of indicate include point, finger, call attention, signalise, signalize, reflect.

indicate (verb)	point out (verb)
to state or express briefly	make or write a comment on
be a signal for or a symptom of	present and urge reasons in opposition
give evidence of	point out carefully and clearly
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine