Suggestion vs. Invitation

Suggestion vs. Invitation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Suggestion and Invitation

Suggestionnoun

(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.

Invitationnoun

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend

Suggestionnoun

(uncountable) The act of suggesting.

Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.

Invitationnoun

A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.

We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.

Suggestionnoun

Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

Invitationnoun

Allurement; enticement.

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Suggestionnoun

The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.

Invitationnoun

(fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.

Suggestionnoun

information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence

Invitationnoun

(Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.

Suggestionnoun

an idea that is suggested;

the picnic was her suggestion

Invitationnoun

a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something;

an invitation to lunchshe threw the invitation away
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Suggestionnoun

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection;

it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse

Invitationnoun

a tempting allurement;

she was an invitation to trouble

Suggestionnoun

a just detectable amount;

he speaks French with a trace of an accent

Suggestionnoun

persuasion formulated as a suggestion

Suggestionnoun

the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

Suggestionnoun

the act of inducing hypnosis