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Perceived vs Denotation - What's the difference?

perceived | denotation |

As an adjective perceived

is generally recognized to be true.

As a verb perceived

is (perceive).

As a noun denotation is

the act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes.

perceived

English

Adjective

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  • Generally recognized to be true.
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  • As seen or understood by an individual.
  • Derived terms

    * perceivedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (perceive)
  • The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.

    denotation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
  • (logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
  • The denotations of the two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" are the same (i.e. both expressions denote the planet Venus), but their connotations are different.
  • (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
  • (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
  • (semiotics) The surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary
  • (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
  • (media-studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
  • Derived terms

    * denotative

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