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Clue vs Signifying - What's the difference?

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Clue is a related term of signifying.


As verbs the difference between clue and signifying

is that clue is to provide with a clue while signifying is .

As a noun clue

is a strand of yarn etc as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.

clue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • she had even had in the past a small smug conviction that in the domestic labyrinth she always kept the clue .
  • Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  • An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  • (slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

    • Synonyms

    * (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion) hint, indication, suggestion * (object or indication which may be used as evidence) signature

    Derived terms

    * * clueless * cluestick / clue stick * cluey * have a clue * not have a clue

    See also

    * evidence * red herring

    Verb

  • To provide with a clue.
    • The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
  • To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
    • Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.

    Derived terms

    * clued-in * clued-up

    signifying

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * (c. 1603), Act V, Scene V:
    • Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
    that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
    and then is heard no more: it is a tale
    told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    signifying nothing.