The difference between Hint and Suggest
When used as verbs, hint means to suggest tacitly without a direct statement, whereas suggest means to imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
Hint is also noun with the meaning: a clue.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hint and Suggest
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Hint as a noun:
A clue.
Examples:
"I needed a hint to complete the crossword."
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Hint as a noun:
A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
Examples:
"He gave me a hint that my breath smelt."
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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."
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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."
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Hint as a noun (obsolete):
An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
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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''."
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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"
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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''."
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Suggest as a verb (transitive):
To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
Examples:
"Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?"
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Suggest as a verb:
To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
Examples:
"The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg."
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Suggest as a verb (transitive):
To mention something as an idea, typically in order to recommend it
Examples:
"I’d like to suggest that we go out to lunch. I’d like to suggest going out to lunch."
"The guidebook suggests that we visit the local cathedral, which is apparently beautiful."
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Suggest as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.