indicate vs signify

indicate and signify both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of indicate include read, record, register, show, call.

indicate (verb)	signify (verb)
to state or express briefly	convey or express a meaning
be a signal for or a symptom of	make known with a word or signal
give evidence of	denote or connote
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine