import vs indicate

import

verb
  • To mean, signify. 

  • To be incumbent on (someone to do something). 

  • To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence. 

  • To load a file into a software application from another version or system. 

  • To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. 

  • To be important or crucial to (that something happen). 

  • To be of importance to (someone or something). 

noun
  • Significance, importance. 

  • The practice of importing. 

  • Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. 

  • A foreigner playing in a sports league. 

indicate

verb
  • To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. 

  • To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies. 

  • To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left. 

  • To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator. 

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