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Notation vs Sigil - What's the difference?

notation | sigil |

As nouns the difference between notation and sigil

is that notation is the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters while sigil is a seal, signature or signet.

notation

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
  • (uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
  • (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
  • She made a notation in the margin of the book.

    Derived terms

    * Hungarian notation * Polish notation

    Anagrams

    * tonation ----

    sigil

    English

    (wikipedia sigil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A seal, signature or signet.
  • A sign, image or symbol considered to be magical.
  • (programming) A nonalphanumeric character affixed to a symbol (e.g. variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.
  • Derived terms

    * sigillary * sigillate * sigillation * sigillative * sigillistic * sigillography * sigillum * twigil

    See also

    * Hungarian notation