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indicate vs prefigure

prefigure vs indicate

indicate and prefigure both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
indicate No No Yes No
prefigure No No Yes No
As verbs, prefigure is a hyponym of indicate; that is, prefigure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than indicate:
  • indicate: be a signal for or a symptom of
  • prefigure: indicate, as with a sign or an omen
indicate (verb) prefigure (verb)
to state or express briefly indicate, as with a sign or an omen
be a signal for or a symptom of imagine or consider beforehand
give evidence of
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
Difference between indicate and prefigure

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