Inform and Indicate

Inform

Inform verb - To give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities.

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

Indicate

Indicate verb - Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.
Usage example: he indicated his opponents

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

Common collocations

person inform person indicate person
character inform character indicate character
people inform people indicate people
time inform time indicate time
Other words: world.
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