Difference between Hint and Clue

What is the difference between Hint and Clue?

Hint as a noun is a clue. while Clue as a noun is information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

Hint

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A clue. A small, barely detectable amount of. Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To deliberately imply, indirectly suggest, or provide a clue. To develop and add hints to a font.

Example sentence: In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.

Clue

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To provide with a clue (often used with "in" or "up").To provide someone with information which he or she lacks.

Example sentence: I could only be frustrated right from the day I started in WCW and realized that it was a company run by a bunch of idiots that didn't have a clue what they were doing.

We hope you now know whether to use Hint or Clue in your sentence.

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