Implication vs. Innuendo

Implicationnoun

(uncountable) The act of implicating.

Implicationnoun

(uncountable) The state of being implicated.

Implicationnoun

a possible effect or result of a decision or action.

Implicationnoun

(countable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

Implicationnoun

The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".

Implicationnoun

Logical consequence.

Implicationnoun

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

Implicationnoun

An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

Implicationnoun

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);

Implicationnoun

a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;

Implicationnoun

an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection

Implicationnoun

a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

Implicationnoun

a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement);

Implicationnoun

the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated

Implicationnoun

a likely consequence of something

Implicationnoun

the action or state of being involved in something

Innuendonoun

A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.

Innuendonoun

(logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.

Innuendonoun

(legal) Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.

Innuendoverb

To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.

Innuendonoun

An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

Innuendonoun

An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; - as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.

Innuendonoun

an indirect (and usually malicious) implication

Innuendo

An innuendo is a hint, insinuation or intimation about a person or thing, especially of a denigrating or a derogatory nature. It can also be a remark or question, typically disparaging (also called insinuation), that works obliquely by allusion.