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Signifying vs Symbolizing - What's the difference?

signifying | symbolizing |

As verbs the difference between signifying and symbolizing

is that signifying is while symbolizing is .

As a noun symbolizing is

a symbolic conception.

signifying

English

Verb

(head)
  • * (c. 1603), Act V, Scene V:
    • Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
    that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
    and then is heard no more: it is a tale
    told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    signifying nothing.

    symbolizing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A symbolic conception.
  • * 1887 , Robert Campbell, A History of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal (page 740)
    • Out of all the symbolizings of Scripture, none convey to us a higher conception of that dwelling-place to which we hope to go than the statement of Paul that God hath prepared for them a city.