Telltale vs Indicator - What's the difference?
telltale | indicator |
One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
(chiefly, US, slang) Tattletale; squealer.
Something that serves to reveal something else.
(music) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
(nautical) A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.
(nautical) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
(nautical) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
(engineering) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
A bird, the tattler.
(Webster 1913)
revealing something not intended to be known
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.
As a noun telltale
is one who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.As an adjective telltale
is revealing something not intended to be known.As a proper noun indicator is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- The telltale was the lipstick on his shirt collar.
Synonyms
* (one who divulges private information) blabbermouth, gossip, rumormonger, talebearerAdjective
(en adjective)- His eye was blinking, a telltale signal that he was lying.
- He blushed when he approached, a telltale sign that he was happy to see him.