Brand vs Sigma - What's the difference?
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A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
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(archaic) A sword.
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A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.
A branding iron.
A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
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A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
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The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.
Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
:When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
:The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
:Her face is branded upon my memory.
To stigmatize, label (someone).
:He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
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*:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
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, title= (marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
:They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.
(advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
The name for the eighteenth letter of the Classical]] and Modern Greek, the twentieth letter of Old and [[Ancient Greek, Ancient.
(mathematics) The symbol ? , used to indicate summation of a set or series.
(statistics) The symbol ? , used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution.
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As an adjective brand
is burnt, branded.As a noun sigma is
sigma (greek letter).brand
English
(wikipedia brand)Noun
(en noun)- Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
- Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand .
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Synonyms
* trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name * (reputation) repute, name, good nameDerived terms
* brand awareness * brand equity * brand image * brand linkage * brand name * brand parity * brand stretch * branding * branding moment * own brandSee also
* * * * * * * * Picture Sorts * trademark * servicemarkVerb
(en verb)Man Utd 1-6 Man City, passage=As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".}}
Adjective
(-)- That computer company has brand recognition.
- Have we settled on our brand name?
sigma
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Noun
(en noun)LHC: Higgs boson 'may have been glimpsed'
- None of the spikes seen by the experiments is at much more than the "two sigma" level of certainty.
A level of "five sigma" is required to claim a discovery, meaning there is less than a one in a million chance the data spike is down to a statistical fluke.