Signature vs Subject - What's the difference?
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A ’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer languageunderstood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade , or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. For his signature , however, that was different.
The act of signing one's name.
(lb) That part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
(lb) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo
(lb) A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, become a section of a book
(lb) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
(lb) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
A mark or sign of implication.
*(Richard Bentley) (1662-1742)
*:the natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls in their first origin are supposed to be stamped with
*1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault'', page 67, ''The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
*:A “signature'” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was '''guessing''' and ' interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.
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A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity
* 2001 , Lawrence J. Vale, Sam Bass Warner, Imaging the city: continuing struggles and new directions
* 2005 , Paul Duchscherer, Linda Svendsen, Beyond the bungalow: grand homes in the arts & crafts tradition
* 2005 , Brett Dawson, Tales from the 2004-05 Fighting Illini
* 2005:' CBS News website, ''Paul Winchell Dead At Age 82'', read at
Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
* Dryden
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
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Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
* John Locke
(label) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
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, title= A citizen in a monarchy.
A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
(label) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
* (1823-1895)
A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
* (Conyers Middleton) (1683-1750)
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
In music terms the difference between signature and subject
is that signature is signs on the stave indicating key and tempo while subject is the main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.As nouns the difference between signature and subject
is that signature is a person’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract while subject is in a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.As adjectives the difference between signature and subject
is that signature is distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity while subject is likely to be affected by or to experience something.As a verb subject is
to cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.signature
English
(wikipedia signature)Noun
(en noun)See also
* autographAdjective
(en-adj) (unusually not comparable)- Consider Las Fallas'' of Valencia, Spain, arguably the most signature''' of ' signature ephemera.
- Considered the most signature effect of the Tudor Revival style, half-timbering derived its distinctive ...
- But it was perhaps the most signature shot Williams ever made in an Illinois uniform, a bullying basket in which he used his power to pound Stoudamire, ...
- Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
on 14 May 2006 - The inspiration for [[w:Tigger, Tigger]’s ' signature phrase: TTFN, ta-ta for now.
- The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
subject
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a country subject to extreme heat
- All human things are subject to decay.
T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
- (Spenser)
- Esau was never subject to Jacob.
Noun
(en noun)- the subject for heroic song
- Make choice of a subject , beautiful and noble, which shall afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate.
- the unhappy subject of these quarrels
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A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.
- The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus , or plain song.
- Writers of particular livesare apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject .
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field.}}
