Name vs. Signature

Namenoun

Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

Namenoun

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

Namenoun

A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.

Namenoun

Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.

Namenoun

Those of a certain name; a race; a family.

Namenoun

A person, an individual.

Nameverb

To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.

Nameverb

To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.

Nameverb

To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding; to name someone as ambassador.

Nameverb

To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.

Namenoun

a language unit by which a person or thing is known;

Namenoun

by the sanction or authority of;

Namenoun

a person's reputation;

Namenoun

a well-known or notable person;

Namenoun

family based on male descent;

Namenoun

a defamatory or abusive word or phrase;

Nameverb

assign a specified, proper name to;

Nameverb

give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property;

Nameverb

charge with a function; charge to be;

Nameverb

create and charge with a task or function;

Nameverb

mention and identify by name;

Nameverb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Nameverb

make reference to;

Nameverb

give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;

Nameverb

determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

Namenoun

a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to

Namenoun

a famous person

Namenoun

a reputation, especially a good one

Namenoun

(in the UK) an insurance underwriter belonging to a Lloyd's syndicate.

Nameverb

give a name to

Nameverb

identify correctly by name

Nameverb

give a particular title or epithet to

Nameverb

mention by name

Nameverb

appoint (someone) to a particular position or task

Nameverb

(of the Speaker) mention (a Member of Parliament) by name as disobedient to the chair and thereby subject to a ban from the House.

Nameverb

specify (a sum, time, or place) as something desired, suggested, or decided on

Nameadjective

(of a person or product) having a well-known name

Name

A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context.

Signatureadjective

Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

The act of signing one's name.

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

(figurative) A mark or sign of implication.

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

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.

Signaturenoun

A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

Signaturenoun

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.

Signaturenoun

An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.

Signaturenoun

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.

Signaturenoun

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.

Signaturenoun

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.

Signaturenoun

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).

Signatureverb

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

Signaturenoun

your name written in your own handwriting

Signaturenoun

a distinguishing style;

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

a person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a cheque or document or concluding a letter

Signaturenoun

the action of signing a document

Signaturenoun

a distinctive pattern, product, or characteristic by which someone or something can be identified

Signaturenoun

short for key signature or time signature

Signaturenoun

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

Signaturenoun

a printed sheet after being folded to form a group of pages.

Signaturenoun

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

Signature

A signature (; from Latin: signare, ) is a handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple 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.