Originally Posted by
SATTSO
You may suggest it, but respectfully, those terms/concepts mean different things to me
trace
1 [treys] Show IPA noun, verb, traced, trac·ing.
noun
1. a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige: traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins.
2. a barely discernible indication or evidence of some quantity, quality, characteristic, expression, etc.: a trace of anger in his tone.
3.an extremely small amount of some chemical component: a trace of copper in its composition.