Remind vs Suggest - What's the difference?
remind | suggest |
To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
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* 1915 , , Victory: An Island Tale , "Author's Note":
To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
* (John Locke)
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, title= To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
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, title= To ask for without demanding.
To recommend.
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, title= (obsolete) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
* (William Shakespeare)
As verbs the difference between remind and suggest
is that remind is to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person) while suggest is to imply but stop short of saying explicitly.remind
English
Verb
(en verb)- I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike.
- His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.
Synonyms
* put someone in mind ofDerived terms
* remindersuggest
English
Verb
(en verb)- Some ideas are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.
Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3, passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}}
Sarah Boseley
Children shun vegetables and fruit, passage=The [British Heart Foundation's] data […] suggests there has been little improvement in eating, drinking and exercise habits in spite of the concern about obesity and the launch of the government's child measurement programme, which warns parents if their children are overweight. About a third of under-16s across the UK are either overweight or obese.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
- Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested .
