Signature vs Signoff - What's the difference?
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A ’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer languageunderstood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade , or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. For his signature , however, that was different.
The act of signing one's name.
(lb) That part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
(lb) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo
(lb) A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, become a section of a book
(lb) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
(lb) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
A mark or sign of implication.
*(Richard Bentley) (1662-1742)
*:the natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls in their first origin are supposed to be stamped with
*1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault'', page 67, ''The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
*:A “signature'” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was '''guessing''' and ' interpreting , not observing or demonstrating.
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A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity
* 2001 , Lawrence J. Vale, Sam Bass Warner, Imaging the city: continuing struggles and new directions
* 2005 , Paul Duchscherer, Linda Svendsen, Beyond the bungalow: grand homes in the arts & crafts tradition
* 2005 , Brett Dawson, Tales from the 2004-05 Fighting Illini
* 2005:' CBS News website, ''Paul Winchell Dead At Age 82'', read at
The act or process of signing off (approving with a signature).
(bridge) A bid indicating that one's partner should pass.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 26, author=Phillip Alder, title=Jack Gets Bragging Rights in Computer Battle, work=New York Times
, passage=Jack North then tried for game with two no-trump before respecting his partner’s signoff in three diamonds. }}
As nouns the difference between signature and signoff
is that signature is a person’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract while signoff is the act or process of signing off (approving with a signature).As an adjective signature
is distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity.signature
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(wikipedia signature)Noun
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* autographAdjective
(en-adj) (unusually not comparable)- Consider Las Fallas'' of Valencia, Spain, arguably the most signature''' of ' signature ephemera.
- Considered the most signature effect of the Tudor Revival style, half-timbering derived its distinctive ...
- But it was perhaps the most signature shot Williams ever made in an Illinois uniform, a bullying basket in which he used his power to pound Stoudamire, ...
- Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
on 14 May 2006 - The inspiration for [[w:Tigger, Tigger]’s ' signature phrase: TTFN, ta-ta for now.
- The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
signoff
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