The difference between Suggest and Suggestion

Suggest is also verb with the meaning: to imply but stop short of saying explicitly.

Suggestion is also noun with the meaning: something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for).

check bellow for the other definitions of Suggest and Suggestion

  1. Suggest as a verb (transitive):

    To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.

    Examples:

    "Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?"

  2. Suggest as a verb:

    To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).

    Examples:

    "The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg."

  3. 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."

  4. Suggest as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

  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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