Signature vs Handwriting - What's the difference?
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A ’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer languageunderstood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade , or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. For his signature , however, that was different.
The act of signing one's name.
(lb) That part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
(lb) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo
(lb) A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, become a section of a book
(lb) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
(lb) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
A mark or sign of implication.
*(Richard Bentley) (1662-1742)
*:the natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls in their first origin are supposed to be stamped with
*1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault'', page 67, ''The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
*:A “signature'” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was '''guessing''' and ' interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.
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A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity
* 2001 , Lawrence J. Vale, Sam Bass Warner, Imaging the city: continuing struggles and new directions
* 2005 , Paul Duchscherer, Linda Svendsen, Beyond the bungalow: grand homes in the arts & crafts tradition
* 2005 , Brett Dawson, Tales from the 2004-05 Fighting Illini
* 2005:' CBS News website, ''Paul Winchell Dead At Age 82'', read at
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
The characteristic writing of a particular person.
* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=F. Marion Crawford, title=Taquisara, chapter=, edition=
, passage=It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1893, author=Joseph B. Lightfoot, title=Essays on "Supernatural Religion", chapter=, edition=
, passage=In some handwritings of the seventh or eighth century, where the letters have a round form, the substitution of OT for EG would be far from difficult. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1914, author=P. S. Allen, title=The Age of Erasmus, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Great libraries are only just beginning to gather up the manuscript minutiae which their books contain; to identify handwritings ; to decipher monograms; to collect facts. }}
Text that was written by hand.
As nouns the difference between signature and handwriting
is that signature is a person’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract while handwriting is the act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.As an adjective signature
is distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity.As a verb handwriting is
present participle of lang=en.signature
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(en-adj) (unusually not comparable)- Consider Las Fallas'' of Valencia, Spain, arguably the most signature''' of ' signature ephemera.
- Considered the most signature effect of the Tudor Revival style, half-timbering derived its distinctive ...
- But it was perhaps the most signature shot Williams ever made in an Illinois uniform, a bullying basket in which he used his power to pound Stoudamire, ...
- Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
on 14 May 2006 - The inspiration for [[w:Tigger, Tigger]’s ' signature phrase: TTFN, ta-ta for now.
- The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
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