different between hint vs communication

English

Etymology

From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-Germanic *hantijan?. More at hent. Related to hunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

hint (plural hints)

1. A clue.

2. A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

3. A small, barely detectable amount of.
4. (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; an instance of hinting.

5. (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2

     I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't.

Synonyms

• (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.

Descendants

Translations

Verb

hint (third-person singular simple present hints, present participle hinting, simple past and past participle hinted)

1. (intransitive) To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

   She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
2. (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.

   to hint a suspicion

   • We shall not describe this tragical scene too fully; but we thought ourselves obliged, by that historic integrity which we profess, shortly to hint a matter which we would otherwise have been glad to have spared.

3. (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.

   The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:allude

Translations

Anagrams

• Nith, thin, thin'

Danish

Etymology 1

From English hint

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hen?d?]

Noun

hint n (singular definite hintet, plural indefinite hint or hints)

1. hint, clue

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hi?nd?], [hind?]

Pronoun

hint

1. neuter singular of hin

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English hint.

Pronunciation

Noun

hint f or m (plural hints, diminutive hintje n)

1. hint

Synonyms

• aanwijzing

See also

• tip

Verb

hint

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of hinten
2. imperative of hinten

Hungarian

Etymology

From an unattested stem of unknown origin + -t (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hint]
• Hyphenation: hint
• Rhymes: -int

Verb

hint

1. (transitive) to scatter, sprinkle (to cause a substance to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance))

   Synonyms: szór, hullat

Conjugation

Derived terms

• hintés

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• hint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English hint.

Noun

hint n (definite singular hintet, indefinite plural hint, definite plural hinta or hintene)

1. a hint
   • 2014, "Grepet av deg" by Sylvia Day, Bastion Forlag ?ISBN [3]

References

• “hint” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hint” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English hint.

Noun

hint n (definite singular hintet, indefinite plural hint, definite plural hinta)

1. a hint

References

• “hint” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian.

Verb

hint

1. hunt

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Middle English communicacion, from Old French communicacion, from Latin comm?nic?ti?nem, accusative singular of comm?nic?ti? (“imparting, communicating”), from comm?nic? (“I share, I impart”).Morphologically communicate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??mju?n??ke???n/
• Hyphenation: com?mu?ni?ca?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

communication (countable and uncountable, plural communications)

1. The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

   communication of smallpox

   communication of a secret

2. (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.

   Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.

   The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.

3. A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.

   Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.

4. The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.

   The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.

5. An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.

   The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
6. A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.

   A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.

   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

     The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.

   • 1900, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications (page 75)

     This communication between the tank and pump is controlled by a float valve in the tanks and a cock in the pipe, while a poppet valve prevents the undrawn liquor going into the waste tank.

7. (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
   • 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617

     ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.

8. (obsolete) Association; company.

   • Evil communications corrupt good manners.

9. Participation in Holy Communion.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Pearson to this entry?)

10. (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beattie to this entry?)

Antonyms

• anticommunication

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• excommunication

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????????? (komyunik?shon)

Related terms

Translations

References

• communication at OneLook Dictionary Search
• communication in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "communication" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 72.
• communication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• communication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Alternative forms

• communicaison

Etymology

From Old French communicacion, borrowed from Latin comm?nic?ti?, comm?nic?ti?nem (“sharing, communication”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.my.ni.ka.sj??/

Noun

communication f (plural communications)

1. communication

Derived terms

• chargé de communication

Related terms

• communiquer

Further reading

• “communication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).