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Connotation vs Eagle - What's the difference?

connotation | eagle |

As a noun connotation

is a meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning a characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

As a proper noun eagle is

the landing unit of apollo 11 or eagle can be a city in alaska.

connotation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
  • The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.
  • A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation .
  • The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

    Antonyms

    * denotation

    Synonyms

    * intension

    References

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    eagle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
  • (heraldiccharge) A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem, e.g. on a coat of arms.
  • (US, currency) A gold coin with a face value of $10.00 formerly used in the United States.
  • (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
  • Derived terms

    (terms derived from the carnivorous bird) * American eagle * bald eagle * eagle-eye, eagle-eyed * eaglehawk * eagle owl * Eagle Scout * eaglestone * eaglet * fish eagle * golden eagle * Haast's eagle * Philippine eagle * (red-backed sea-eagle) * sea eagle * spread eagle * wedge-tailed eagle * (white-bellied sea eagle) * (white-breasted sea eagle) * white-tailed eagle * double eagle * half eagle

    Synonyms

    * (Accipitridae) erne, broadwing

    Verb

  • (golf) To score an eagle.
  • Anagrams

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