connote vs imply what difference
what is difference between connote and imply
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈnəʊt/, /kɒˈnəʊt/
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈnoʊt/
- Rhymes: -əʊt
Verb
connote (third-person singular simple present connotes, present participle connoting, simple past and past participle connoted)
- (transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
- Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
- (transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
- Poverty connotes hunger.
- (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
- (intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
Synonyms
- (possess an inseparable condition): entail, imply
- (express without overt reference): entail, imply
- (require as a logical predicate): predicate
Related terms
- connotation
- connotative
- connotatively
- connotive
Translations
See also
- denote
Anagrams
- contone
Asturian
Verb
connote
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of connotar
French
Verb
connote
- inflection of connoter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
connote
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of connotar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of connotar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of connotar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of connotar.
English
Etymology
From Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of employ and implicate.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplaɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Hyphenation: im‧ply
Verb
imply (third-person singular simple present implies, present participle implying, simple past and past participle implied)
- (transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
- (transitive, of a person) to suggest by logical inference
- (transitive, of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
- (archaic) to enfold, entangle.
Conjugation
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (to have as a necessary consequence): entail
- (to suggest tacitly): allude, hint, insinuate, suggest
Related terms
- implicate
- implication
- implicative
- implicit
- implicitness
- implision
Translations
See also
- connotation
- entail
Further reading
- imply in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- imply in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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