different between graver vs significant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?v?(?)/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gravere, gravoure, gravor, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) +? -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

Noun

graver (plural gravers)

1. a burin
2. a carver, sculptor, or engraver
   • 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.

   • a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital

     […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]

Translations

Etymology 2

From grave +? -er.

Adjective

graver

1. comparative form of grave: more grave

Anagrams

• Garver

Danish

Noun

graver c (singular definite graveren, plural indefinite gravere)

1. gravedigger

Declension

Verb

graver

1. imperative of gravere

References

• “graver” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gr?vere. Equivalent to graven +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra?.v?r/
• Hyphenation: gra?ver
• Rhymes: -a?v?r

Noun

graver m (plural gravers, diminutive gravertje n, feminine graafster)

1. A digger, someone who digs.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Frankish *graban, from Proto-Germanic *graban?. Akin to English grave (“pit for burial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.ve/

Verb

graver

1. to engrave
2. to carve (wood)
3. to burn (data, onto a CD)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• gravé dans le marbre
• graveur

Further reading

• “graver” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

graver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of grav?

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r????r/
• Rhymes: -????r
• Hyphenation: grav?er

Etymology 1

From grave +? -er

Noun

graver m (definite singular graveren, indefinite plural gravere, definite plural graverne)

1. a digger, gravedigger

Derived terms

• gullgraver

See also

• gravar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

graver m or f

1. indefinite plural of grav

Etymology 3

graver m

1. indefinite plural of grave

Etymology 4

Verb

graver

1. present tense of grave
2. imperative of gravere

References

• “graver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “graver” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

graver f

1. indefinite plural of grav

English

Etymology

From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum (“sign”) + ficare (“do, make”), variant of facere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???n?.f?.k?nt/

• (US, also) IPA^(key): /s???n?.f?.??nt/

Adjective

significant (comparative more significant, superlative most significant)

1. Signifying something; carrying meaning.

   Synonym: meaningful

   • It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.
2. Having a covert or hidden meaning.
3. Having a noticeable or major effect.

   Synonym: notable
4. Reasonably large in number or amount.
5. (statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).

Usage notes

• This word may be ambiguous in some situations. In formal writing, care should be taken with comments such as "the difference is significant," because it is not clear without contextual clues whether significant modifies the fact that there is a difference ("notable"), or the difference itself ("large in number or amount"). In some such situations, large and other synonyms may be used in its place.

Synonyms

• important

Antonyms

• insignificant
• ignorable
• negligible
• slight

Related terms

• significance
• significand
• significant other
• signify

Translations

Noun

significant (plural significants)

1. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
   • a. 1850, William Wordsworth, The Egyptian Maid

     And in my glass significants there are

References

significant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Verb

significant

1. present participle of significar

Latin

Verb

significant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of signific?