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Indicator vs Suggestion - What's the difference?

indicator | suggestion | Related terms |

Indicator is a related term of suggestion.


As a proper noun indicator

is .

As a noun suggestion is

(countable) something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for ).

indicator

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * blinker (informal), directional, directional signal, trafficator, turn indicator, turn signal (US)

    Derived terms

    * economic indicator * key performance indicator

    suggestion

    Noun

  • (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for )
  • 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.
  • (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
  • Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
  • (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
  • He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

    Synonyms

    * (something suggested) proposal * See also

    Derived terms

    * autosuggestion * hypnotic suggestion * power of suggestion * suggestion box