Indicate and Tend

Indicate

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

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

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

Usage example: her wardrobe tends toward dark colors and heavy fabrics

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Indicate and tend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Tend".

character	indicate character	tend character
power	indicate power	tend power
people	indicate people	tend people
someone	indicate someone	tend someone
Other words: amount, case, time, way, health, intelligence, damage, powers, weapons, abilities.

Despite what people tend to indicate today, apparently, she still didn't give a damn.

Source: Myth / Classical Mythology
Of course, artists draw all kinds of things, but Beth Ellen Hansen's pictures at the beginning of The Long Secret would tend at least to indicate her frustrations.

Source: Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book
The footnotes indicate that while fairies like the idea of being kings, they also tend to be highly capricious, irrational, and easily distracted.

Source: Mighty Whitey

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