Crossword vs Connotation - What's the difference?
crossword | connotation |
(senseid)(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
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.
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 .
As nouns the difference between crossword and connotation
is that crossword is (senseid)(games|puzzles) a word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word while 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.crossword
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(wikipedia crossword)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* crossword puzzleSee also
* acrostic * cryptic crossword * game * puzzleconnotation
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(en noun)- The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.
- The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).