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Inkling vs Intimation - What's the difference?

inkling | intimation |

As nouns the difference between inkling and intimation

is that inkling is a slight suspicion or hint while intimation is the act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.

As a verb inkling

is present participle of lang=en.

inkling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A slight suspicion or hint.
  • (dialect) Inclination, desire.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    intimation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
  • Announcement; declaration.
  • * (Holland)
    • They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
  • A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
  • *
    • Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.
  • * 1862 , (Henry David Thoreau), :
    • At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.

    Related terms

    * intimacy * intimate