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Boldfaced vs Iconic - What's the difference?

boldfaced | iconic |

As adjectives the difference between boldfaced and iconic

is that boldfaced is impudent, brazen while iconic is relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.

As a verb boldfaced

is (boldface) (to print or write in a bold manner).

boldfaced

English

Alternative forms

* bold-faced

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Impudent, brazen.
    • He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.
  • (typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
    • (wikipedia boldfaced)

    Synonyms

    * bold, boldface * (typography) heavy

    Verb

    (head)
  • (boldface) (to print or write in a bold manner)
    • He boldfaced the quote so it would stand out even though I told him it looked ugly.

    iconic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
  • Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 29 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992) citation , page= , passage=In time The Simpsons would, indeed, resort to spoofing such decidedly non-spooktacular fare like E.T and Mr. And Mrs. Smith (both in “Treehouse Of Horror XVIII”) but in 1992 the field was wide-open and the show could cherry-pick the most iconic and beloved fright fare of all time.}}
  • (linguistics) Representing something; symbolic.
    • an iconic gesture in sign language

    Antonyms

    * (relating to an icon) aniconic * (linguistics) batonic