- form, word form, signifier, descriptor - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
--1 is a kind of word
--1 has particulars:plural, plural form; singular, singular form; ghost word; root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical; etymon, root; citation form, main entry word, entry word; abbreviation; acronym - descriptor - a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
--2 is a kind of information