What's the difference between implication and inkling?

Implication


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
  • (n.) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Strains isolated from the environment and staff were not implicated.
  • (2) The possibility that both IL 2 production and IL 2R expression are autonomously activated early in T cell development, before acquisition of the CD3-TcR complex, led us to study the implication of alternative pathways of activation at this ontogenic stage.
  • (3) Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a polypeptide produced by mononuclear phagocytes, has been implicated as an important mediator of inflammatory processes and of clinical manifestations in acute infectious diseases.
  • (4) We have not yet been honest about the implications, and some damaging myths have arisen.
  • (5) Implications of the theory for hypothesis testing, theory construction, and scales of measurement are considered.
  • (6) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
  • (7) The high incidence of infant astigmatism has implications for critical periods in human visual development and for infant acuity.
  • (8) Implications for practice and research include need for support groups with nurses as facilitators, the importance of fostering hope, and need for education of health care professionals.
  • (9) The literature on depression and immunity is reviewed and the clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
  • (10) The implications of the findings in terms of strategic tick control are discussed.
  • (11) In light of these findings, the implications of the need to address appraisals and coping efforts in research and therapy with incest victims was emphasized.
  • (12) These calculated values are compared with observed values and implications of the agreement are discussed.
  • (13) The implications of inhibition of protein kinase C by adriamycin-iron(III) are discussed.
  • (14) These findings indicate the cytogenetic correlation with clinical and morphological picture, which consequently implicates the diagnostic and prognostic significance of chromosomal aspects.
  • (15) The aim was to clarify the nature of their constituent cells, specifically the giant ganglion-like cells and spindle cells, and to discuss the implications for histogenesis.
  • (16) Implications for vibrotactile training are discussed.
  • (17) Implications for assessment intervention and prevention were discussed and further research suggested.
  • (18) Our findings suggest that the affinity of aldose reductase for glucose in patients with diabetic complications may be increased and that the polyol pathway is implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications.
  • (19) The onset of the symptoms usually occurs within a few minutes after ingestion of the implicated food, and the duration of symptoms ranges from a few hours to 24 h. Antihistamines can be used effectively to treat this intoxication.
  • (20) The implications of this interaction for research in MMTP effectiveness are discussed.

Inkling


Definition:

  • (n.) A hint; an intimation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 'Co-operating with the authorities' Stahl, a New Jersey-based attorney who specialises in representing people from the former Soviet Union, stressed that his client had been fully co-operating with the FBI and that he had no inkling that the items removed from Tsasrnaev's dorm room were connected to the bombings.
  • (2) The very first inkling of what would be dubbed the Bristol sound was the Wild Bunch's spartan treatment of Bacharach and David's classic The Look of Love , released in 1988 on 4th & Broadway.
  • (3) Samsung's lawyers may have some inkling of the amount, because of a per-handset deal Samsung has made with Microsoft to license patents the software giant claims are infringed by Android.
  • (4) They might wonder whatever happened to nu-metal, although the rise of emo might have given them an inkling; and they might be bemused by the sheer number of synthesiser-prodding female singer-songwriters, such as Lady Gaga and Little Boots.
  • (5) We’d had some inkling that she wanted to move to a different city, but I share parental responsibility for Charlie: those sorts of decisions, and changing schools, can’t happen if I don’t agree.” Feeling worried by his ex-wife’s plans, Johnson had applied under his own steam to the family court for a prohibited steps order.
  • (6) When exhausted European leaders emerged from all-night negotiations in Brussels last month with a "comprehensive" plan to claw the euro back from the abyss, they could have had no inkling that, less than a fortnight later, it would have so comprehensively collapsed.
  • (7) He probably had an inkling he wasn't going to share a cognac with Kissinger that evening, but it spoke volumes that he tried.
  • (8) Teachers and pupils at the duchess's old school, where she showed off her hockey skills and then had lunch, said they had "no inkling" of her pregnancy.
  • (9) Megumi's parents had no inkling of the nature of her disappearance until 1997, when Ahn Myong-jin, a former North Korean spy who defected to the South, talked at length about an abducted Japanese girl matching her description.
  • (10) "There was another one – Two – who we had an inkling was for intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, but we haven't heard that one mentioned for a while leading us to believe he has been either killed or escaped into the desert.
  • (11) Guy Jubb, head of corporate governance at Standard Life, has said: "I don't believe anyone had an inkling that this payment, which is almost the largest figure in the remuneration report, was going to surface."
  • (12) The wounds from this fight seem fresh even now, probably because, as Dawkins suggests, the assault came from so close to home and without warning: "They did this thing in print without giving him the slightest inkling what was going on," he says.
  • (13) Last year the justices deadlocked 4-4 when trying to decide the extent of Barack Obama’s authority to shield undocumented people from deportation, and they released no inkling of their arguments.
  • (14) Portman said that up until that point he had had no inkling that his son was anything other than straight.
  • (15) From the age of six you have an inkling of your own mortality, and most have a good understanding of what's going on.
  • (16) Whereas Topolanek's homophobia has forced his resignation there is no inkling that Cameron is willing to take action against Grayling.
  • (17) He said: "First of all, I think my text to him was saying basically, 'I'm worried this process doesn't look like it's being run fairly,' and his response was saying, 'Well, we've got a solution,' and I think in between me sending a text to him and me getting that response, at official level we had an inkling that No 10 were thinking of transferring the responsibility to me as a way of dealing with the issue."
  • (18) Parliament passed the Ripa law to allow GCHQ to trawl for information, but it did so 13 years ago with no inkling of the scale on which GCHQ would attempt to exploit the certificates, enabling it to gather and process data regardless of whether it belongs to identified targets.
  • (19) Emmanuel has an inkling: "I think soap actors are totally underrated on how hard they work: you're prepared to go the extra mile to get the job done.
  • (20) Sri Lanka’s idyllic palm-fringed beaches with new tourist resorts give no inkling of the country’s grim recent history: a nearly three-decades-long, brutal and bloody conflict that ended almost five years ago with the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, known as the Tamil Tigers.