Arms vs Emblem - What's the difference?
arms | emblem |
(pluralonly) Weapons.
* 1883 ,
(heraldry) Synonym for coat of arms.
English plurals
(arm)
A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
* Shakespeare
Something which represents a larger whole.
* '>citation
Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
As nouns the difference between arms and emblem
is that arms is while emblem is emblem.arms
English
Etymology 1
See arm.Noun
(head)- We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.
Etymology 2
13th Century, from (etyl) armes, (etyl) arma .Noun
(en-plural noun)- The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms .
- The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
Usage notes
* Capitalized, the word is often used in the names of pubs, taverns and the like.Verb
(head)- If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!
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*Anagrams
* ----emblem
English
Noun
(en noun)- The trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross and were not supposed to be targeted.
- His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek.
- The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
- (Milton)