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Significance vs. Signification — What's the Difference?

Significance vs. Signification — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Significance and Signification

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Significance

The quality of being worthy of attention; importance
Adolescent education was felt to be a social issue of some significance

Signification

Meaning or significance, especially of a word.

Significance

The meaning to be found in words or events
The significance of what was happening was clearer to me than to her

Signification

The action or process of signifying
A theory of signification.

Significance

The extent to which a result deviates from that expected to arise simply from random variation or errors in sampling.
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Signification

The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.

Significance

The state or quality of being significant
A matter of some significance.

Signification

Evidence for the existence of something.

Significance

A meaning that is expressed or implied
What was the significance of that smile?.

Signification

A meaning of a word.

Significance

The extent to which something matters; importance
As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.

Signification

The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.
A signification of being pleased.
All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another.

Significance

Meaning.
The significance of a gesture

Signification

That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.

Significance

The quality or state of being significant.

Signification

The message that is intended or expressed or signified;
What is the meaning of this sentence
The significance of a red traffic light
The signification of Chinese characters
The import of his announcement was ambigtuous

Significance

That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

Significance

Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess.

Significance

The quality of being significant;
Do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power

Significance

A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;
The significance of his remark became clear only later
The expectation was spread both by word and by implication

Significance

The message that is intended or expressed or signified;
What is the meaning of this sentence
The significance of a red traffic light
The signification of Chinese characters
The import of his announcement was ambigtuous

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