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Signed vs Published - What's the difference?

signed | published |

As verbs the difference between signed and published

is that signed is (sign) while published is (publish).

As an adjective signed

is (mathematics|computer science) having both positive and negative varieties.

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

    * * *

    published

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (publish)
  • Anagrams

    *

    publish

    Verb

    (es)
  • (intransitive): To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= David Larousserie
  • , volume=189, issue=10, page=35, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Super-lasers blaze knowledge frontier , passage=In an article published in 2008 [Gérard] Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion. He now believes that fibre lasers could be used to transmute elements, as a way of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations.}}
  • (transitive): To issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution.
  • (transitive): To announce to the public.
  • (Internet) To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.
  • (intransitive): To write in a publication (usually as an academic).
  • Derived terms

    * publishable * publisher * unpublished