Guideline vs Suggestion - What's the difference?
guideline | suggestion |
A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.
A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of action.
A light line, used in lettering, to help align the text.
(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for )
(uncountable) The act of suggesting.
(countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
As nouns the difference between guideline and suggestion
is that guideline is a non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour while suggestion is (countable) something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for ).guideline
English
Noun
(en noun)- He considered the Ten Commandments more a guideline than a requirement.
Synonyms
* (non-specific rule) rule of thumb * (plan or explanation) rule of thumbsuggestion
English
(wikipedia suggestion)Noun
- I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
- Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.