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Signature vs. Holograph — What's the Difference?

Signature vs. Holograph — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Signature and Holograph

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Signature

A signature (; from Latin: signare, "to sign") is a handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple "X" or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. The writer of a signature is a signatory or signer.

Holograph

See hologram.

Signature

A person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a cheque or document or concluding a letter
The signature of a senior manager

Holograph

A manuscript handwritten by the person named as its author
A palimpsest of holograph revisions

Signature

Short for key signature or time signature
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Holograph

A document written wholly in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears.

Signature

A letter or figure printed at the foot of one or more pages of each sheet of a book as a guide in binding.

Holograph

Variant of holographic.

Signature

The part of a medical prescription that gives instructions about the use of the medicine or drug prescribed.

Holograph

A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.

Signature

One's name as written by oneself.

Holograph

A hologram.

Signature

The act of signing one's name.

Holograph

To record by means of holography.

Signature

See e-signature.

Holograph

A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

Signature

A distinctive mark, characteristic, or sound indicating identity
A surprise ending is the signature of an O. Henry short story.

Holograph

To produce a holographic image of, by holography.

Signature

(Medicine) The part of a physician's prescription containing directions to the patient.

Holograph

Handwritten book or document

Signature

A sign used to indicate key.

Holograph

The intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography

Signature

A sign used to indicate tempo.

Signature

A letter, number, or symbol placed at the bottom of the first page on each sheet of printed pages of a book as a guide to the proper sequence of the sheets in binding.

Signature

A large sheet printed with four or a multiple of four pages that when folded becomes a section of the book.

Signature

See chemical signature.

Signature

A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.

Signature

An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.

Signature

(medicine) The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.

Signature

(music) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.

Signature

(printing) A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.

Signature

(computing) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.

Signature

(cryptography) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.

Signature

(figurative) A mark or sign of implication.

Signature

A dish that is characteristic of a particular chef.

Signature

(mathematics) A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.

Signature

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.

Signature

(internet) Text (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as a way of adding a personal touch or including contact details.
Your signature must not exceed three lines of text, or 600 pixels in height.
Forum signature generator

Signature

Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.

Signature

A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
The brain, being well furnished with various traces, signatures, and images.
The natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls . . . are supposed to be stamped with.

Signature

Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.

Signature

An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use.

Signature

A resemblance between the external characters 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.

Signature

The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.

Signature

A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.

Signature

That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).

Signature

To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.

Signature

Your name written in your own handwriting

Signature

A distinguishing style;
This room needs a woman's touch

Signature

A melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

Signature

The sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

Signature

A sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book

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