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Signifying vs Indicating - What's the difference?

signifying | indicating | Related terms |

Signifying is a related term of indicating.


As verbs the difference between signifying and indicating

is that signifying is while indicating is .

signifying

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  • * (c. 1603), Act V, Scene V:
    • Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
    that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
    and then is heard no more: it is a tale
    told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    signifying nothing.

    indicating

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    Verb

    (head)