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Senior vs Sig - What's the difference?

senior | sig |

As nouns the difference between senior and sig

is that senior is while sig is a special interest group; a group formed to discuss a particular topic or issue.

As an adjective senior

is .

senior

English

Alternative forms

* seniour (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Older; superior
  • senior citizen
  • Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
  • senior''' member; '''senior counsel
  • (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
  • Antonyms

    * junior

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
  • (obsolete, Biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:
  • Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].
  • Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
  • He was four years her senior .
  • (US) A final-year student at a high school or university.
  • Antonyms

    * junior

    Derived terms

    * senior school

    Anagrams

    * ----

    sig

    English

    Etymology 1

    A shortened form of (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A signature, usually when used as a digital signature on emails.
  • * 1995 , Vince Emery, How to grow your business on the Internet
  • 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.
    Derived terms
    * sigblock * sigfile * siggy * sigless

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare West Frisian sege, Dutch zege, German Sieg, Danish sejr, Swedish seger.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A victory, triumph
  • Etymology 3

    Related to .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, dialectal) Urine.