indication vs symptom

symptom vs indication

indication and symptom both are nouns.

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

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

indication: something that serves to indicate or suggest
symptom: anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence

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

indication (noun)	symptom (noun)
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument	anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
something that serves to indicate or suggest	(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
the act of indicating or pointing out by name
(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary

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