different between indicator vs suggestion

English

Etymology

From Late Latin indic?tor (“one who points out”), from Latin indic? (“point out”); see indicate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.d?.?ke?.t?(?)/

Noun

indicator (plural indicators)

1. A pointer or index that indicates something.
2. A meter or gauge.
3. The needle or dial on such a meter.
4. (chemistry) Any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance, or the degree of a reaction.
5. (ecology) A plant or animal whose presence is indicative of some specific environment.
6. (economics) A measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends.
7. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, automotive) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.

   Synonyms: (informal) blinker, directional, directional signal, direction indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, (chiefly US) turn signal

8. A bird, the honeyguide.

Derived terms

• economic indicator
• key performance indicator
• route indicator

Related terms

• index
• indicate
• indication
• indicative

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• anidrotic, cardiotin

Latin

Etymology

From indic? (“point out, indicate, show”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dic? (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.di?ka?.tor/, [?n?d???kä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.di?ka.tor/, [in?d?i?k??t??r]

Noun

indic?tor m (genitive indic?t?ris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Someone who points out.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

Verb

indic?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of indic?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of indic?

References

• indicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indicator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• indicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French indicateur.

Noun

indicator n (plural indicatori)

1. indicator

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indika?to?/, [?n?.d?i.ka?t?o?]

Noun

indicator m (plural indicatores)

1. honeyguide

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman suggestioun, Old French suggestion (modern French suggestion), from Latin suggesti?, from suggero (“suggest”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??d???st??n/, [s??d????t??n]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s???d???st??n/, /s??d???st??n/
• Hyphenation: sug?ges?tion

Noun

suggestion (countable and uncountable, plural suggestions)

1. (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

   I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.

   Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.

2. (uncountable) The act of suggesting.

   Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.

3. (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

   He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

4. The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
5. (law, countable) information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence

Synonyms

• (something suggested): hint, incitement, proposal
• See also Thesaurus:advice

Derived terms

Related terms

• suggest
• suggestive

Translations

Finnish

Noun

suggestion

1. Genitive singular form of suggestio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suggesti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.??s.tj??/

Noun

suggestion f (plural suggestions)

1. suggestion; proposal
2. suggestion (psychology, etc.)

Derived terms

• boîte à suggestions

Related terms

• suggérer

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suggesti?.

Noun

suggestion f (oblique plural suggestions, nominative singular suggestion, nominative plural suggestions)

1. suggestion; proposal

References

• suggestion on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub