indication vs hint

hint vs indication

indication and hint both are nouns.

indication is not a verb while hint is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
indication	Yes	No	No	No
hint	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hint is a hyponym of indication; that is, hint is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than indication:

indication: something that serves to indicate or suggest
hint: a slight indication

Other hyponyms of indication include gesture, evidence, shadow, tincture, trace, vestige, symptom, signalisation, signalization, pointing out, manifestation, mark, print, glimpse, forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor, clue, smoke.

indication (noun)	hint (noun)
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument	an indirect suggestion
something that serves to indicate or suggest	a slight indication
the act of indicating or pointing out by name	an indication of potential opportunity
(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure	a slight but appreciable amount
something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary	a just detectable amount

indication (verb)	hint (verb)
	drop a hint; intimate by a hint

Difference between indication and hint

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