different between indication vs revelation

English

Etymology

From Old French indication, from Latin indic?ti? (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indic? (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; confer French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione.Morphologically indicate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nd??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

indication (countable and uncountable, plural indications)

1. Act of pointing out or indicating.
2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
   • September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156

     The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness.

3. Discovery made; information.
4. (obsolete) Explanation; display. (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
5. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
6. (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

Related terms

• index
• indicate
• indicator
• indicative

Translations

Further reading

• indication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• indication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin indic?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.di.ka.sj??/

Noun

indication f (plural indications)

1. direction, instruction
2. indication, sign
3. indication, information
4. a hint

Related terms

• indiquer

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin rev?l?ti? (“disclosure”), from rev?l? (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + v?l? (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v??le???n/
• Hyphenation: rev?e?la?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

revelation (plural revelations)

1. The act of revealing or disclosing.
2. Something that is revealed.
3. Something dramatically disclosed.
4. (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
5. A great success.

Related terms

• reveal

Translations

Anagrams

• relevation