signified vs word sense

signified and word sense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
signified	Yes	No	No	No
word sense	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, word sense is a hyponym of signified; that is, word sense is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than signified:

signified: the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
word sense: the accepted meaning of a word

Other hyponyms of signified include acceptation, word meaning.

signified (noun)	word sense (noun)
the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted	the accepted meaning of a word