[Vocabulary] connotation/suggestion/implication

[hhtt21]

Hello, I cannot discern between "connotation", "implication", and "suggestion". Would you please help me learn the difference and how to use them? For this example, the three words seems the same to me.


1. "Fodle" has a suggestion of sexuality, whereas "stroke" not.

2. "Fodle" has an implication of sexuality, whereas "stroke" not.

3. "Fodle" has a connotation of sexuality, whereas "stroke" not.

* Sory for mistake please see #3.

Self-made

Thank you.

 

[emsr2d2]

The word "fodle" does not exist. Check the spelling and edit your post.

 

[hhtt21]

The word "fodle" does not exist. Check the spelling and edit your post.

Sorry, for that. I would have changed but you had been too quick.

Hello, I cannot discern between "connotation", "implication", and "suggestion". Would you please help me learn the difference and how to use them? For this example, the three words seems the same to me.


1. "Fondle" has a suggestion of sexuality, whereas "stroke" not.

2. "Fondle" has an implication of sexuality, whereas "stroke" not.

3. "Fondle" has a connotation of sexuality, whereas "stroke" not.

Self-made

Thank you.

 

[Yankee]

Hello, I cannot discern between "connotation", "implication", and "suggestion". Would you please help me learn the difference and how to use them? For this example, the three words seems the same to me.


1. [STRIKE]"Fodle"[/STRIKE] The word "Fondle" has a (or "the") suggestion of sexuality, whereas "stroke" does not.

2. [STRIKE]"Fodle"[/STRIKE] "Fondle" has an implication of sexuality, whereas "stroke" does not.

3. "[STRIKE]Fodle[/STRIKE]" "Fondle" has a connotation of sexuality, whereas "stroke" does not.

Self-made

Thank you.

I prefer #1 with revisions.

 

[GoesStation]

I'd use "implication". It doesn't merely suggest a sexual gesture; it implies one.

 

[hhtt21]

I'd use "implication". It doesn't merely suggest a sexual gesture; it implies one.

What is the point that it implies a sexual gesture, but doesn't merely suggest a sexual gesture? This is very difficult.

 

[emsr2d2]

Have you looked up the definition of "suggest" and "imply"?

 

[hhtt21]

Have you looked up the definition of "suggest" and "imply"?

Yes, I tried. But this is like drawing a circle. Dictinaries are not very futile in such cases. This is also why I ask such question in the forum.

Lexico:
imply: Indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference

suggest: 2.1 State or express indirectly.

https://www.lexico.com/definition/suggest

Cambridge:

Imply: to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly

Suggest: to communicate or show an idea or feeling without stating it directly

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/tr/sözlük/ingilizce/suggest

 

[Rover_KE]

Dictionaries are not very [STRIKE]futile[/STRIKE] useful in such cases. This is also why I ask such questions in the forum.

;-)

 

[jutfrank]

I think register is the important factor here. The words imply/implicature and connote/connotation have technical sense in semantics whereas suggest/suggestion do not.

Technically, the best word is connotation, so if you mean to use precise language, use that.

 

[jutfrank]

I'd use "implication". It doesn't merely suggest a sexual gesture; it implies one.

I disagree. You can certainly fondle things that you're not sexually interested in. If I tell you I'm fondling my pen, I hope you don't conclude that I'm going to have sex with it.