Indicator vs Correlate - What's the difference?
indicator | correlate |
A pointer or index that indicates something.
A meter or gauge.
The needle or dial on such a meter.
(chemistry) Any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance, or the degree of a reaction.
(ecology) A plant or animal whose presence is indicative of some specific environment.
(economics) A measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends.
(UK, Australia) A trafficator.
A bird, the honeyguide.
To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics
To be related by a correlation
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As a proper noun indicator
is .As a verb correlate is
to compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics.As a noun correlate is
either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative.indicator
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(wikipedia indicator)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* blinker (informal), directional, directional signal, trafficator, turn indicator, turn signal (US)Derived terms
* economic indicator * key performance indicatorExternal links
* * ----correlate
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Verb
- Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.
- As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.