Express and Indicate

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Express verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.

Usage example: an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement

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Indicate is a synonym for express in mean topic. In some cases you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Express", when it comes to topics like exhibit, show, communicate, articulate.

Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.

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Express is a synonym for indicate in signify topic. You can use "Express" instead a verb "Indicate", if it concerns topics such as exhibit, register, demonstrate.

love	express love	indicate love
desire	express desire	indicate desire
attraction	express attraction	indicate attraction
power	express power	indicate power
Other words: kind, interest, fear, way, shock, surprise, pain, side, displeasure, emotions.

Tales from Jabba's Palace has Oola using hers to indicate Sarcasm Mode and express disbelief without anyone but Threepio knowing it.

Source: Fantastic Arousal
Clara attempts to indicate this with regards to her relationship with the Twelfth Doctor in "Mummy on the Orient Express", but the woman she mentions it to doesn't buy it.

Source: Just Friends
In Murder on the Orient Express, Poirot notices that the victim's stab wounds indicate that he was stabbed by both a left-handed and a right-handed person.

Source: The Killer Was Left-Handed

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