tincture vs indicant

indicant vs tincture

tincture and indicant both are nouns.

tincture is a verb but indicant is not a verb.

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

As nouns, indicant is a hypernym of tincture; that is, indicant is a word with a broader meaning than tincture:

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

Other hypernyms of tincture include indication.

tincture (noun)	indicant (noun)
(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution	a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color	something that serves to indicate or suggest
an indication that something has been present
a substance that colors or dyes

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

Difference between tincture and indicant

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