What's the difference between clue and information?

Clue


Definition:

  • (n.) A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
  • (n.) That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.
  • (n.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
  • (n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
  • (n.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.
  • (n.) A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Because of the dearth of epidemiological clues as to causation, studies with experimental animal models assume greater importance.
  • (2) If it works anyone can do this exactly as we have done.” The sudden release follows weeks of visual clues left on the Radiohead frontman’s Twitter and Tumblr.
  • (3) Peripheral basophilia was present in four cases, providing a clinical clue that the Philadelphia chromosome might be present.
  • (4) The curators Pickering and Kaus have painstakingly trawled through the records that may accompany bones for clues.
  • (5) Two patients are described in whom Streptococcus bovis bacteremia was the only clue to the presence of a colonic neoplasm.
  • (6) Their only clues were two statements involving contrasting mental terms, with each statement referring to one of the possible hiding places.
  • (7) To obtain a clue to its possible origin, the degree of restriction enzyme site homology between adenovirus genome type 7h and those representative of the three described genomic clusters (GC) for serotype 7 was studied by analysis of pairwise comigrating DNA restriction fragments (PCRF) after digestion with BamHI, BglI, BglII, BstEII, EcoRI, HindIII, HpaI, SalI, SmaI, XbaI, and XhoI.
  • (8) The filings do not contain any clues about the size of the settlement that the DoJ was hoping to reach with Barclays, although the bank is thought to have been prepared to pay up to $2bn (£1.6bn).
  • (9) Differing careers in the two sexes may provide a clue as to the reason underlying this finding.
  • (10) Hunt gave a few clues as to areas on which he may focus, but appeared to indicate that one may be regulation of programming content on the internet.
  • (11) This phenomenon may be an important clue to the differential diagnosis of the etiology of neonatal ascites.
  • (12) Calcification on abdominal radiographs, especially serpiginous, seen in the region of the neck of gallbladder, appears to be the clue to the diagnosis of gallbladder schistosomiasis in people from endemic areas.
  • (13) Unusual infections associated with colorectal tumors may, in some instances, be the sole clue to presence of malignancy.
  • (14) It was concluded that the situational clues led to high degree of expectatory coordination with others, and also brought about a bias in choices.
  • (15) He was a lateral and fearless thinker for whom the presentation of ideas was like a game of intellectual charades, with a few clues as to the meaning of the work thrown in every now and again.
  • (16) Hyperthyroidism can be difficult to recognize clinically, and isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase levels may be a useful clue.
  • (17) Abaaoud’s history may provide context or clues to the purpose of his UK trip.
  • (18) Subacute course of renal failure after angiography and eosinophilia seem to be the important diagnostic clues for this disorder.
  • (19) Although antibodies to these proteins were only found in 5-10% of more than 50 sera screened by radioimmunoassay or Western blotting, the selective production of antibodies to epitopes on three (out of a total of more than 80) ribosomal proteins may provide further clues to autoantibody induction of SLE.
  • (20) Tonic heart rate, averaged over 30-second periods, was lower when clues were present on the tape than during control periods when clues were not present.

Information


Definition:

  • (v. t.) The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.
  • (v. t.) News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.
  • (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
  • (2) The pattern of the stressor that causes a change in the pitch can be often identified only tentatively, if there is no additional information.
  • (3) Parents of subjects at the experimental school were visited at home by a community health worker who provided individualized information on dental services and preventive strategies.
  • (4) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
  • (5) Suggested is a carefully prepared system of cycling videocassettes, to effect the dissemination of current medical information from leading medical centers to medical and paramedical people in the "bush".
  • (6) As the requirements to store and display these images increase, the following questions become important: (a) What methods can be used to ensure that information given to the physician represents the originally acquired data?
  • (7) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
  • (8) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential for integrating surveillance techniques in reproductive epidemiology with geographic information system technology in order to identify populations at risk around hazardous waste sites.
  • (9) They suggest that an endogenous retinoid could contribute to positional information in the early Xenopus embryo.
  • (10) The control group received the same information in lecture form.
  • (11) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
  • (12) Much of the current information concerning this issue is from short-term studies.
  • (13) In addition, despite the fact that the differences constitutes an information bias, the bias occurs in the same direction and magnitude in all the various subgroups and thus is nondifferential.
  • (14) Current information suggests that arachidonic acid metabolites are involved in the development of cholecystitis.
  • (15) The presence of CR-related activity suggests that SpoV may participate in the CR motor output pathway, and may also provide CR-related information to cerebellum.
  • (16) Employed method of observation gave quantitative information about the influence of odours on ratios of basic predeterminate activities, insect distribution pattern and their tendency to choose zones with an odour.
  • (17) Much information has accumulated on the isolation and characterization of a heterogeneous group of molecules that inhibit one or more of the bioactivities of interleukin 1.
  • (18) This can be achieved by sincere, periodic information through the mass media.
  • (19) Then, the informed permission of parents should be obtained.
  • (20) This technology will provide better information to the surgeon for preoperative diagnosis and planning and for the design of customized implants.