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
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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.
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Clue as a noun:
Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
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Clue as a noun:
An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
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Clue as a noun (slang):
Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
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Clue as a verb:
To provide with a clue.
Examples:
"The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should"."
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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."
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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."
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Suggestion as a noun (uncountable):
The act of suggesting.
Examples:
"Suggestion often works better than explicit demand."
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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."
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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.
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Suggestion as a noun:
information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence