The difference between Matter and Signify
When used as verbs, matter means to be important, whereas signify means to give (something) a meaning or an importance.
Matter is also noun with the meaning: the basic structural component of the universe. matter usually has mass and volume.
check bellow for the other definitions of Matter and Signify
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Matter as a noun (physics):
Substance, material. The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume. Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter). A kind of substance. Written material (especially in books or magazines). Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives , and becomes .
Examples:
"vegetable matter'"
"printed matter; He always took some reading matter with him on the plane."
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Matter as a noun:
A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
Examples:
"What's the matter?; state matters'"
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Matter as a noun:
An approximate amount or extent.
Examples:
"I stayed for a matter of months."
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Matter as a noun (obsolete):
The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
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Matter as a noun (obsolete):
Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
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Matter as a noun (dated):
Pus.
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Matter as a verb (intransitive):
To be important.
Examples:
"The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich."
"Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter."
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Matter as a verb (transitive, obsolete, _, outside dialects):
To care about, to mind; to find important.
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Matter as a verb:
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
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Signify as a verb:
To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
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Signify as a verb:
To show one's intentions with a sign etc.; to indicate, announce.
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Signify as a verb:
To mean; to betoken.
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Signify as a verb:
To make a difference; to matter (in negative or interrogative expressions).