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Intimation vs Symptom - What's the difference?

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Intimation is a related term of symptom.


As nouns the difference between intimation and symptom

is that intimation is the act of intimating; also, the thing intimated while symptom is symptom, sign.

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.

    symptom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
  • A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
  • Synonyms

    * indication * manifestation * sign, signal * See also

    Antonyms

    * Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause

    Derived terms

    * symptomatology * symptomless