Difference between Intimate and Suggest

What is the difference between Intimate and Suggest?

Intimate as a verb is to suggest or disclose discreetly. while Suggest as a verb is to imply but stop short of saying explicitly.

Intimate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Closely acquainted; familiar. Of or involved in a sexual relationship. Personal, private.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A very close friend. (in plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To suggest or disclose discreetly.

Example sentence: There's something so intimate about a picnic with your guy.

Suggest

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).To ask for without demanding.To recommend.

Example sentence: If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the genus Democrat.

We hope you now know whether to use Intimate or Suggest in your sentence.

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