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Meaning vs Articulation - What's the difference?

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Meaning is a related term of articulation.


As nouns the difference between meaning and articulation

is that meaning is the symbolic value of something while articulation is (countable|or|uncountable) a joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.

As a verb meaning

is .

As an adjective meaning

is having a (specified) intention.

meaning

English

(wikipedia meaning)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mening, menyng, equivalent to .

Noun

(en noun)
  • The symbolic value of something.
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  • The significance of a thing.
  • :
  • (lb) The objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.
  • (lb) Intention.
  • *(rfdate) (Sir Walter Raleigh):
  • *:It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand.
    • Synonyms
    * sense, definition
    Hyponyms
    * proposition
    Derived terms
    * antimeaning * meaning of life * meaningful * meaningless * meaninglessly * meaninglessness

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a (specified) intention.
  • Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
  • *1839 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘William Wilson’:
  • *:I might, to-day, have been a better, and thus a happier man, had I less frequently rejected the counsels embodied in those meaning whispers which I then but too cordially hated and too bitterly despised.

    • Anagrams

    *

    articulation

    English

    (wikipedia articulation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable, or, uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
    • The articulation allowed the robot to move around corners.
  • (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
  • *
  • (uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.''
    • His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.
  • (music, uncountable) The manner in which something is articulated (tongued, slurred or bowed).
    • The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
  • (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
  • * 1991 , Stephen P. Taylor, “From Moneyflows Accounts to Flow-of-Funds Accounts”, printed in John C. Dawson (editor), Flow-of-Funds Analysis: A Handbook for Practitioners , M.E. Sharpe (1996), ISBN 978-1-56324-645-6, page 103:
    • At the time the outstanding distinction that could be seen between Copeland-Fed on the one hand and Goldsmith-Friend on the other was that the flow-of-funds system explicitly included nonfinancial transactions in the statistical structure in direct articulation with financial flows and stocks.
  • * 2005 , David T. Collins, “Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues”, Chapter 6 of Robert L. Brown and Alan S. Gutterman (editors), Emerging Companies Guide: A Resource for Professionals and Entrepreneurs , American Bar Association, ISBN 978-1-59031-466-1, page 169:
    • Particular income statement accounts (revenues and expenses) are linked to particular balance sheet accounts (assets and liabilities); that is, there is articulation between the income statement and the balance sheet.
  • * 2005 , Roger L. Burritt, “Challenges for Environmental Management Accounting”, Chapter 2 of Pall M. Rikhardsson et al. (editors), Implementing Environmental Management Accounting: Status and Challenges , Springer, ISBN 978-1-4020-3371-1, page 28:
    • The emphasis on articulated information about environmental liabilities in the management accounts is not stressed. Articulation between stock and flow information in physical environment terms receives less attention.

    Derived terms

    * hyperarticulation * inarticulation * interarticulation * overarticulation * underarticulation

    Related terms

    * articulate * articulatory