Fig vs Sig - What's the difference?
fig | sig |
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
A small piece of tobacco.
The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
(informal) A signature, usually when used as a digital signature on emails.
* 1995 , Vince Emery, How to grow your business on the Internet
(UK, dialectal) Urine.
As nouns the difference between fig and sig
is that fig is fig while sig is a special interest group; a group formed to discuss a particular topic or issue.fig
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fige, fygge (also fyke, from (etyl) )Andreas Franz and Wilhelm Schimper, Plant Geography Upon a Physiological Basis , volume 2 (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1902), page 100. Another (etyl) root (compare (etyl) ; whence (etyl) sycophant.Noun
(en noun)- I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
Derived terms
* caprifig * fig leaf * figgy * figtree * not give a figVerb
(figg)- When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.
External links
* ("fig" on Wikipedia) * (pedia) * (Ficus)Etymology 2
Variation of fike.Verb
(figg)Etymology 3
Alternative forms
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Anagrams
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English
Etymology 1
A shortened form of (m).Noun
(en noun)- Your sig should ideally be four or five lines long, six or seven at the maximum. Since it will be repeated on hundreds of messages, a long signature wastes bandwidth and is therefore rude.