Intimation vs Approximation - What's the difference?
intimation | approximation | Related terms |
The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
Announcement; declaration.
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A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
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* 1862 , (Henry David Thoreau), :
The act, process or result of approximating.
(mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
(medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
Intimation is a related term of approximation.
As nouns the difference between intimation and approximation
is that intimation is the act of intimating; also, the thing intimated while approximation is the act, process or result of approximating.intimation
English
Noun
(en noun)- They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
- Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.
- At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.