DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION

Pushy has a negative (connotation / denotation ) while assertive is usually positive.

Obese (connotes/ denotes ) that a person is overweight.

Poverty may (connote / denote ) a great deal of misery.

Calling someone a pig (connotes denotes ) that the person is greedy.

The word father (connotes denotes ) affection.

Determined means stubborn, but it often (connote / denote ) a wise adherence to purpose.

Solid (connotes denotes ) that something is neither gaseous or liquid.

Words with the same dictionary meaning may have very different (connotative / denotative) meaning.