Highlight and Indicate

Highlight

Highlight verb - To indicate the importance of by centering attention on.

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Indicate and highlight are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Highlight".

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

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Highlight and indicate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Highlight" instead a verb "Indicate".

weakness	highlight weakness	indicate weakness
character	highlight character	indicate character
change	highlight change	indicate change
lack	highlight lack	indicate lack
Other words: importance, status, relationship, nature, place, personality, world, damage, danger, enemies, abilities.

Supernatural Gold Eyes: As a witch, Gyubid has these - partially to indicate her magical powers, and partially to highlight her trickster status.

Source: Literature / Kuromajo-san ga Toru!!
The second level shows your body as an x-ray, and certain areas will highlight to indicate infections, gangerous limbs, fractured limbs, and red boxes to indicate conditions like sunstroke, food poisoning, deafness, cold/fever/flu, etc.

Source: Video Game / Robinson's Requiem

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