What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Signed vs Endorsed - What's the difference?

signed | endorsed |

As adjectives the difference between signed and endorsed

is that signed is having both positive and negative varieties while endorsed is flanked by endorses.

As verbs the difference between signed and endorsed

is that signed is past tense of sign while endorsed is past tense of endorse.

signed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (mathematics, computer science) Having both positive and negative varieties.
    • It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.
  • Having a signature, endorsed.
    • The signed check could be cashed.
  • (Of a road, route) Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.
  • * 2013: Backpacking Wyoming: From Towering Granite Peaks to Steaming Geyser Basins , Wilderness Press, p. 64 [//books.google.com/books?id=nT9LAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA64]
    • Turn left on poorly signed Highway 292 and proceed on this winding road for about 12 miles…

    Antonyms

    * unsigned

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sign)

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    endorsed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (endorse)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) Flanked by endorses.

    • Usage notes

    Only a (pale) may be endorsed''. When other ''ordinaries'' are flanked by diminutive forms, the term ''cotissed is used.