Tiger vs. Connotation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tiger and Connotation
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Tiger
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange-brown fur with a lighter underside.
Connotation
A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation. A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative, with regard to its pleasing or displeasing emotional connection.
Tiger
A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera tigris) of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes.
Connotation
The act or process of connoting.
Tiger
Any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx.
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Connotation
An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing
Hollywood holds connotations of romance and glittering success.
Tiger
A person regarded as aggressive, audacious, or fierce.
Connotation
The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Tiger
Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
Connotation
(Logic) The set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term; intension.
Tiger
A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.
Connotation
(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
The word "advisedly" has a connotation of "wisely", although it denotes merely "intentionally" and "deliberately."
The word "happy" has a positive connotation, while "sad" has a negative connotation.
Tiger
(heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
Connotation
(logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.
The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).
Tiger
A leopard.
Connotation
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
Tiger
A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.
Connotation
A meaning implied but not explicitly denoted by some word or expression, which may be understood in addition to the explicit primary meaning.
Tiger
(obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
Connotation
The full set of necessary properties possessed by all the objects within the extension of a term; the intensional meaning of a term, which determines the objects to which the term applies; the intension of a term.
Tiger
A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
Connotation
What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
Tiger
(figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
Connotation
An idea that is implied or suggested
Tiger
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering.
Three cheers and a tiger
Tiger
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
Tiger
A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
Tiger
A tiger beetle.
Tiger
Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.
Tiger
A tiger butterfly in tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina
Tiger
A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
Tiger
A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.
Tiger
Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
As for heinous tiger, Tamora.
Tiger
A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
Tiger
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
Tiger
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
Tiger
A fierce or audacious person;
He's a tiger on the tennis court
It aroused the tiger in me
Tiger
Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
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