Hint vs. Suggest
Hintnoun
A clue.
Hintnoun
A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
Hintnoun
A small, barely detectable amount of.
Hintnoun
(computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
Hintnoun
(obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
Hintverb
(intransitive) To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
Hintverb
(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
Hintverb
(transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
Hintverb
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Hintverb
To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
Hintnoun
A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
Hintnoun
an indirect suggestion;
Hintnoun
a slight indication
Hintnoun
a slight but appreciable addition;
Hintnoun
a just detectable amount;
Hintnoun
an indication of potential opportunity;
Hintverb
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Hintnoun
a slight or indirect indication or suggestion
Hintnoun
a very small trace of something
Hintnoun
a small piece of practical information or advice
Hintverb
suggest or indicate something indirectly or covertly
Hintverb
be a slight or possible indication of
Suggestverb
(transitive) To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
Suggestverb
To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
Suggestverb
(transitive) To mention something as an idea, typically in order to recommend it
Suggestverb
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
Suggestverb
To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
Suggestverb
To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
Suggestverb
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
Suggestverb
To inform secretly.
Suggestverb
To make suggestions; to tempt.
Suggestverb
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Suggestverb
imply as a possibility;
Suggestverb
drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Suggestverb
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine;
Suggestverb
call to mind or evoke
Suggestverb
put forward for consideration
Suggestverb
cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case
Suggestverb
state or express indirectly
Suggestverb
evoke
Suggestverb
(of an idea) come into one's mind
