indication vs tincture

tincture vs indication

indication and tincture both are nouns.

indication is not a verb while tincture is a verb.

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

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

indication: something that serves to indicate or suggest
tincture: an indication that something has been present

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

indication (noun)	tincture (noun)
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument	(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
something that serves to indicate or suggest	a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
the act of indicating or pointing out by name	an indication that something has been present
(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure	a substance that colors or dyes
something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary

indication (verb)	tincture (verb)
	stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color
	fill, as with a certain quality

Difference between indication and tincture

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