indication vs trace

trace vs indication

indication and trace both are nouns.

indication is not a verb while trace is a verb.

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

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

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

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

indication (noun)	trace (noun)
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument	a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
something that serves to indicate or suggest	either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
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 suggestion of some quality
something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary	a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
	a just detectable amount

indication (verb)	trace (verb)
	follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
	read with difficulty
	make a mark or lines on a surface
	copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
	pursue or chase relentlessly
	to go back over again
	make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
	discover traces of

Difference between indication and trace

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