Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:
"Robert P. J. Day" [off-list ref] writes:
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in this sense, i don't think "indicate" and "identify" are
completely interchangeable. in my mind, the word "identify" does
nothing more than, you know, point at something and say, "that one,
that's the one i'm talking about;" it goes no further than that.
on the other hand, the word "indicate" (in my mind) implies that
you're about to provide some *property* or *quality* of something, and
you do exactly that in the earlier quote:
I do not think the two words have different connotations, so we are
in agreement. You do not necessarily need a property in mind when
Eek. I do do think the two words are not interchangeable.
I should stop typing late at night.