Sign vs. Indication: What's the Difference?

Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality

The act of indicating

An act or gesture used to convey an idea, a desire, information, or a command

Something that serves to indicate; a sign

Sign language.

Something indicated as necessary or expedient

A displayed structure bearing lettering or symbols, used to identify or advertise a place of business

The information indicated by a measuring instrument.

A posted notice bearing a designation, direction, or command

Act of pointing out or indicating.

A conventional figure or device that stands for a word, phrase, or operation; a symbol, as in mathematics or in musical notation.

That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.

Pl. sign An indicator, such as a dropping or footprint, of the trail of an animal

Discovery made; information.

A trace or vestige

(obsolete) Explanation; display.

A portentous incident or event; a presage

(medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.

(Medicine) An objective finding, usually detected on physical examination, from a laboratory test, or on an x-ray, that indicates the presence of abnormality or disease.

(finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

One of the 12 divisions of the zodiac, each named for a constellation and represented by a symbol.

Act of pointing out or indicating.

To affix one's signature to

That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.

To write (one's signature)

Discovery made; information.

To approve or ratify (a document) by affixing a signature, seal, or other mark

Explanation; display.

To hire or engage by obtaining a signature on a contract

Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. Opposite of contraindication.

To relinquish or transfer title to by signature

Something that serves to indicate or suggest;

To provide with a sign or signs

The act of indicating or pointing out by name

To communicate with a sign or signs

(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure;

To express (a word or thought, for example) in a sign language

Something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary;

To consecrate with the sign of the cross.

A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument;

To make a sign or signs; signal.

To communicate in a sign language.

To write one's signature.

A perceptible (e.g. visible) indication.

Physical evidence left by an animal.

A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.

A wonder; miracle; prodigy.

(astrology) An astrological sign.

(mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.

A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.

(uncountable) Sign language in general.

A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. sign (semiotics)]].

An omen.

(medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.

A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.

To make a mark

To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol.

(transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on.

(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.

(transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.

To write (one's name) as a signature.

(intransitive) To write one's signature.

(intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.

(transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.

To make the sign of the cross

(transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.

(reflexive) To cross oneself.

To indicate

(intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal.

(transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.

(transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone).

(intransitive) To use sign language.

(transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.

To determine the sign of

(transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.

Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.

A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas.

Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.

A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.

The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.

A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign - (minus); the sign of division ÷, and the like.

Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.

To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.

To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.

To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.

To assign or convey formally; - used with away.

To mark; to make distinguishable.

To be a sign or omen.

To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.

To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.

A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened);

A public display of a (usually written) message;

Any communication that encodes a message;

Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted;

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease;

Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges);

An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come;

A gesture that is part of a sign language

A fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified;

A character indicating a relation between quantities;

Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on);

Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation;

Be engaged by a written agreement;

Engage by written agreement;

Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs;

Place signs, as along a road;

Communicate in sign language;

Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

Used of the language of the deaf