hint vs implicate

hint

verb
  • To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue. 

  • To develop and add hints to a font. 

  • To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner. 

noun
  • A small, barely detectable amount. 

  • An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not. 

  • An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement. 

  • A clue. 

  • Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting. 

implicate

verb
  • To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature. 

  • To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment. 

  • To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way. 

noun
  • The thing implied. 

How often have the words hint and implicate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )