Imply
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To enfold, entangle. To have as a necessary consequence. To express in a suggestive manner rather than as a direct statement. To suggest a logical inference.
Example sentence: But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Connote
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.To express without overt reference; to implyTo require as a logical predicate to consequence