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Indication vs Labeling - What's the difference?

indication | labeling |

As nouns the difference between indication and labeling

is that indication is act of pointing out or indicating while labeling is a set of labels applied to the various objects in a system.

As a verb labeling is

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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.
  • labeling

    English

    Alternative forms

    * labelling (UK )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A set of labels applied to the various objects in a system.
  • * 2009 January, Bernard Russo and James J. Tattersall, "Program of the Sessions: Washington, District of Columbia, January 5–8, 2009", Notices of the American Mathematical Society , 56:1[http://www.ams.org/notices/200901/], page 143:
  • *:4:00PM (722) An upper bound for the number of graceful labelings of a path with n edges. Sylvia R. Naples, Bard College
  • (biochemistry) The introduction of a traceable chemical group (e.g., containing an isotope or a fluorescent dye) into a protein or other biomolecule of interest so it can be tracked or quantified during experimental analysis.
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    Verb

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