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signal vs wigwag

wigwag vs signal

signal is a noun but wigwag is not a noun.

signal is an adjective but wigwag is not an adjective.

signal and wigwag both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
signal Yes Yes Yes No
wigwag No No Yes No
As verbs, wigwag is a hyponym of signal; that is, wigwag is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than signal:
  • signal: communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
  • wigwag: signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
Other hyponyms of signal include semaphore, heliograph, flag, whistle.
signal (noun) wigwag (noun)
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
any incitement to action
an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
signal (adjective) wigwag (adjective)
notably out of the ordinary
signal (verb) wigwag (verb)
communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
be a signal for or a symptom of send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
Difference between signal and wigwag

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