The difference between Designate and Indicate
When used as verbs, designate means to mark out and make known, whereas indicate means to point out.
Designate is also adjective with the meaning: designated.
check bellow for the other definitions of Designate and Indicate
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Designate as an adjective:
Designated; appointed; chosen.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir G. Buck"
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Designate as a verb:
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
Examples:
"usex to designate the boundaries of a country"
"usex to designate the rioters who are to be arrested"
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Designate as a verb:
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
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Designate as a verb:
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
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Indicate as a verb:
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
Examples:
"The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure."
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Indicate as a verb:
To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.
Examples:
"Great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants."
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Indicate as a verb:
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
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Indicate as a verb:
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.