The difference between Clue and Suggestion

When used as nouns, clue means a strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth, whereas suggestion means something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for).


Clue is also verb with the meaning: to provide with a clue.

check bellow for the other definitions of Clue and Suggestion

  1. Clue as a noun (now, _, rare):

    A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.

  2. Clue as a noun:

    Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

  3. Clue as a noun:

    An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.

  4. Clue as a noun (slang):

    Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

  1. Clue as a verb:

    To provide with a clue.

    Examples:

    "The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should"."

  2. Clue as a verb:

    To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").

    Examples:

    "Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening."

  1. Suggestion as a noun (countable):

    Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

    Examples:

    "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. Suggestion as a noun (uncountable):

    The act of suggesting.

    Examples:

    "Suggestion often works better than explicit demand."

  3. Suggestion as a noun (countable, psychology):

    Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

    Examples:

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

  4. Suggestion as a noun:

    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. Suggestion as a noun:

    information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence

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