The difference between Hint and Imply

When used as verbs, hint means to suggest tacitly without a direct statement, whereas imply means to have as a necessary consequence.

Hint is also noun with the meaning: a clue.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hint and Imply

  1. Hint as a noun:

    A clue.

    Examples:

    "I needed a hint to complete the crossword."

  2. Hint as a noun:

    A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

    Examples:

    "He gave me a hint that my breath smelt."

  3. Hint as a noun:

    A small, barely detectable amount of.

    Examples:

    "There was a hint of irony in his voice."

    "I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine."

  4. Hint as a noun (computing):

    Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.

    Examples:

    "This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work."

  5. Hint as a noun (obsolete):

    An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

  1. Hint as a verb (intransitive):

    To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

    Examples:

    "She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes''."

  2. Hint as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.

    Examples:

    "to hint a suspicion"

  3. Hint as a verb (transitive):

    To develop and add hints to a font.

    Examples:

    "The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens''."

  1. Imply as a verb (transitive, of a proposition):

    to have as a necessary consequence

    Examples:

    "The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal"

  2. Imply as a verb (transitive, of a person):

    to suggest by logical inference

    Examples:

    "When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown"

  3. Imply as a verb (transitive, of a person or proposition):

    to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement

    Examples:

    "What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't [[wash]] my hands?"

  4. Imply as a verb (archaic):

    to enfold, entangle.

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