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Implies vs Colonialization - What's the difference?

implies | colonialization |

As a verb implies

is (imply).

As a noun colonialization is

bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.

implies

English

Verb

(head)
  • (imply)

  • imply

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
  • The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal
  • (of a person) to suggest by logical inference
  • When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown
  • (of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
  • What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?
  • (archaic) to enfold, entangle.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.iv:
  • And in his bosome secretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall sting implyes .

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * (to have as a necessary consequence) entail * (to suggest tacitly) allude, hint, insinuate, suggest

    See also

    * connotation * entail

    colonialization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Bringing into subjection or subjugation, and implies the subjugation or pacification of a people, and taking of a pre-populated land.
  • See also

    *colonization *colonisation

    References

    *[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/colonialization]