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Suggestion vs Recommendation - What's the difference?

suggestion | recommendation |

Suggestion is a synonym of recommendation.



As nouns the difference between recommendation and suggestion

is that recommendation is an act of recommending while suggestion is something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for.

suggestion

Noun

  • (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for )
  • I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
    Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
  • (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
  • Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
  • (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
  • He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

    Synonyms

    * (something suggested) proposal * See also

    Derived terms

    * autosuggestion * hypnotic suggestion * power of suggestion * suggestion box

    recommendation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of recommending
  • That which is recommended
  • A commendation or endorsement
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * recommend