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indicate vs reflect

reflect vs indicate

indicate and reflect both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
indicate No No Yes No
reflect No No Yes No
As verbs, reflect is a hyponym of indicate; that is, reflect is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than indicate:
  • indicate: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
  • reflect: manifest or bring back
Other hyponyms of indicate include point, finger, call attention, point out, signalise, signalize.
indicate (verb) reflect (verb)
to state or express briefly reflect deeply on a subject
be a signal for or a symptom of give evidence of the quality of
give evidence of give evidence of a certain behavior
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively to throw or bend back (from a surface)
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine manifest or bring back
show an image of
be bright by reflecting or casting light
Difference between indicate and reflect

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