Signify vs Outspeak - What's the difference?
signify | outspeak |
To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
To show one’s intentions with a sign etc.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
* (rfdate) (Jonathan Swift)
To mean; to betoken.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
To surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than.
(intransitive, rare, dialectal) To speak out or aloud.
(transitive, rare, dialectal) To declare; utter; express; vocalise.
As verbs the difference between signify and outspeak
is that signify is to give (something) a meaning or an importance while outspeak is to surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than.signify
English
Verb
(en-verb)- I'll to the king; and signify to him / That thus I have resign'd my charge to you.
- The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
- A tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.