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Indication vs Indentation - What's the difference?

indication | indentation |

As nouns the difference between indication and indentation

is that indication is act of pointing out or indicating while indentation is the act of indenting or state of being indented.

indication

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Act of pointing out or indicating.
  • That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
  • The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. .
  • Discovery made; information.
  • (obsolete) Explanation]]; display. [[w:Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon .
  • (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
  • (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
  • indentation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  • A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
  • A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
  • The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
  • A measure of the distance from the flush line; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.