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Signed vs Established - What's the difference?

signed | established |

As adjectives the difference between signed and established

is that signed is (mathematics|computer science) having both positive and negative varieties while established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

As verbs the difference between signed and established

is that signed is (sign) while established is (establish).

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

    * * *

    established

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (establish)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
  • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
  • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)