different between showing vs signifying

showing

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??????/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??o???/
  • Rhymes: -????

Verb

showing

  1. present participle of show

Noun

showing (plural showings)

  1. An occasion when something is shown.
    We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
  2. A result, a judgement.
    He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.

Translations

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signifying

English

Verb

signifying

  1. present participle of signify
    • Macbeth (c. 1603), Act V, Scene V:
      Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
      that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
      and then is heard no more: it is a tale
      told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
      signifying nothing.

Noun

signifying (plural signifyings)

  1. signification
    • 1939, Coleman Roberts Griffith, Psychology Applied to Teaching and Learning
      For the sake of convenience, we may call these pointings or signifyings the secondary phase of meaning.

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