Indicate vs Insert - What's the difference?
indicate | insert |
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
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*:With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon , river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks.
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, title= To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.
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To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
*1903', "How to '''indicate an engine" in ''The Star Improved Steam Engine Indicator , p.64:
*:To a person who is familiar with the use of an indicator, whether it be of one make or another, it is needless to give instructions as to how an engine should be indicated ,.
*1905 , Power , Vol.25, p.448:
*:I found it fully as easy to indicate an engine at a speed of 320 to 340 revolutions as at 80.
*1905 , Central Station , Vol.5, p.76:
*:An indicator will give the working of these valves at all times and soon return its cost in higher engine efficiency. The day has passed when it was only the expert who could indicate an engine or afford to own an indicator.
To put in between or into.
An image inserted into text.
A promotional leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, etc.
An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in an utterance.
As verbs the difference between indicate and insert
is that indicate is to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known while insert is to put in between or into.As a noun insert is
an image inserted into text.indicate
English
Verb
(indicat)citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
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Synonyms
* (l)External links
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* * ----insert
English
Verb
(en verb)- In order to withdraw money from a cash machine you have to insert your debit card first.
- To make your proof easier to comprehend I recommend you insert a few more steps.
Synonyms
* (put in between or into ): enter, introduce, put in, put insideAntonyms
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(en noun)- This software can print compact disc inserts if you have the right size of paper.