Lavatory vs Connotation - What's the difference?
lavatory | connotation |
A bathroom; a washroom; a room containing a toilet.
* 2003 , Gauvin A. Bailey, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610 , University of Toronto Press,
* 2003 , Rob Rachowiecki, Danny Palmerlee, Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands ,
A facility for washing hands; a basin.
* 2005 , Michael W. Litchfield, Renovation ,
* 2010 , Chris Peterson, Black & Decker: The Complete Guide to Bathrooms , Third Edition,
* 2011 , Sharon Koomen Harmon, Katherine E. Kennon, The Codes Guidebook for Interiors ,
(UK, New England) A toilet, a water closet.
* 1997 , , The Plague of Fantasies , Verso, London,
(dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.
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 lavatory and connotation
is that lavatory is a bathroom; a washroom; a room containing a toilet 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.As an adjective lavatory
is washing, or cleansing by washing.lavatory
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- Even the lavatory , a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.
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- People needing to use the lavatory often ask to use the baño in a restaurant; toilet paper is rarely available, so the experienced traveler always carries a personal supply.
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- Lavatories (bathroom sinks) are available in a blizzard of colors, materials, and styles.
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- If your lavatory doesn?t have a predrilled flange, the great advantage to the widespread configuration is that you gain flexibility in locating your spout and handles (probably a bigger advantage for tubs than for lavatories).
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- Anywhere a water closet is used, a lavatory (ie, hand-washing sink) must also be installed.
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- In a traditional German lavatory', the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French '''lavatory''', on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) ' lavatory presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected.
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Noun
(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).