Signpost vs Guide - What's the difference?
signpost | guide |
a post bearing a sign that gives information on directions
(cryptic crosswords) A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder.
* 2012 , David Astle, Puzzled: Secrets and clues from a life in words
To install signposts on.
To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc.
* 2008 , Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee, Valuing and Supporting Carers (volume 1, page 31)
To indicate logical progress of a discourse using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc.
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Someone who , especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation.
* Bible, Psalms xlviii. 14
A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
A sign that guides people; guidepost.
Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
# A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
# A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
# (printing, dated) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.
(occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
(military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
* Shakespeare
to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
to exert control or influence over someone or something.
* Bible, Psalms cxii. 5
to supervise the education or training of someone.
to act as a guide.
As verbs the difference between signpost and guide
is that signpost is to install signposts on while guide is .As a noun signpost
is a post bearing a sign that gives information on directions.signpost
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Alternative forms
* sign-postNoun
(en noun)- In the first example — Dance revolutionised Burma'' — you know the middle word is the signpost as ''revolutionised is too long to be the fodder (or letters to scramble). And bang, out jumps RUMBA.
Verb
(en verb)- The route wasn't signposted , and we got lost on the way.
- We believe that some Carers' Centres already offer an effective 'first stop shop' for signposting carers to local organisations, services and benefits, and for providing ongoing support as carers' circumstances change.
- Bede, never one to shrink from a challenge, focused his energies not only onto calculating Easter but also onto describing why the maths mattered as much as the result. In this, his elevated rhetoric is balanced by a very human enthusiasm — it's hard not to love a writer who signposts his core hypotheses with phrases such as 'now to gut the bowels of this question!'
See also
* fingerpost * guidepost * waymarkAnagrams
* *guide
English
(wikipedia guide)Noun
(en noun)- The guide led us around the museum and explained the exhibits.
- He will be our guide , even unto death.
Derived terms
* career guide * Girl Guide * guidance * guidebook * guide dog * guideline * guide on the side * guidepost * mountain guide * style guide * tour guide * user guide * user's guideVerb
- Guide me to your sovereign's court.
- He will guide his affairs with discretion.