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Signboard vs Signage - What's the difference?

signboard | signage |

As nouns the difference between signboard and signage

is that signboard is a board carrying a sign, or on which signs may be posted while signage is signs taken collectively.

signboard

English

Noun

  • (US) A board carrying a sign, or on which signs may be posted.

    • Derived terms

    * signboarded * signboarding

    Synonyms

    * noticeboard

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    signage

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia signage) (en-noun)
  • Signs taken collectively.
    • The signage in the airport is designed to point the way clearly to important locations.
    The poor signage at Heathrow is only in English.
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    • If you try to push more and more traffic on to limited numbers of roads you require more signage , more safety measures, bus lanes, cycle lanes and so on.

    Usage notes

    * The use of countable "a signage''" and "''signages " is chiefly in India.

    References

    * * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

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