The difference between Clue and Signature
When used as nouns, clue means a strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth, whereas signature means a person's name, written by that person.
Clue is also verb with the meaning: to provide with a clue.
Signature is also adjective with the meaning: distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
check bellow for the other definitions of Clue and Signature
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Clue as a noun (now, _, rare):
A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
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Clue as a noun:
Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
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Clue as a noun:
An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
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Clue as a noun (slang):
Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
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Clue as a verb:
To provide with a clue.
Examples:
"The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should"."
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Clue as a verb:
To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Examples:
"Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening."
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Signature as a noun:
A person's name, written by that person.
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Signature as a noun:
An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.
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Signature as a noun (medicine):
The part of a doctor's prescription containing directions for the patient.
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Signature as a noun (music):
Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
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Signature as a noun (printing):
A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
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Signature as a noun (computing):
A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
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Signature as a noun (cryptography):
Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
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Signature as a noun (figurative):
A mark or sign of implication.
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Signature as a noun (mathematics):
A specifying the sign of coefficients in any of a .
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Signature as a noun (medicine, obsolete):
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.
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Signature as an adjective:
Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
Examples:
"Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish."
"The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid."