Difference between Signature and Touch

What is the difference between Signature and Touch?

Signature as a noun is a person's autograph name. while Touch as a noun is an act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.

Signature

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person's autograph name. The act of signing one's name. That part of a doctor's prescription containing directions for the patient. Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, become a section of a book A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc. Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source. A mark or sign of implication.

Example sentence: I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power.

Touch

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.A distinguishing feature or characteristic.A little bit; a small amount.The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.A relationship of close communication or understanding.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Primarily physical senses.# To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.#: I touched her face softly.# To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.#: Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground.# To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.#: They stood next to each other, their shoulders touching.# To make physical contact with a thing.#: Please can I have a look, if I promise not to touch?# To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.#: If you touch her, I'll kill you.# To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.#: Frankly, this wood's so strong that sandpaper won't touch it.# To consume, or otherwise use.#: Are you all right? You've hardly touched your lunch.# Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).#* 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:#*: Now a certain grand merchant ship once touched at Rokovoko, and its commander--from all accounts, a very stately punctilious gentleman, at least for a sea captain--this commander was invited to the wedding feast of Queequeg's sister, a pretty young princess just turned of ten.# To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.#: Her parents had caught her touching herself when she was fifteen.Primarily non-physical senses.# To imbue or endow with a specific quality.#: My grandfather, as many people know, was touched with greatness.# To deal with in speech or writing; to mention briefly, to allude to.#* 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vii:#*: Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure fear; for besides those terrors which I have before touched, [...] there is a superstitious fear [...] which much trouble many of us.# To concern, to have a bearing on.#: Stay out of this, it doesn't touch you in any way.# To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.#: Stefan was touched by the song's message of hope.# To affect in a negative way, especially only slightly.#: He had been drinking over lunch, and was clearly touched.# To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.#: The bill was finally touched after many hours of deliberation.# To steal, or obtain money; to borrow money from.#: I was running short, so I touched old Bertie for a fiver.# To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane.#: You must be touched if you think I'm taking your advice.# To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.#* 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in Lord Peter Views the Body,#*: There was his mistress, Maria Morano. I don't think I've ever seen anything to touch her, and when you work for the screen [as I do] you're apt to have a pretty exacting standard of female beauty.

Example sentence: And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

We hope you now know whether to use Signature or Touch in your sentence.

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