different between suggestion vs outcome

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

English

Etymology

From out +? come.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tk?m/
• Hyphenation: out?come

Noun

outcome (plural outcomes)

1. That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.

2. (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.

3. (education) The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience (often used in the phrase learning outcomes).

   Synonym: learning objective

4. (chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.

Translations

Anagrams

• come out, comeout