Canon vs Icon - What's the difference?
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A generally accepted principle; a rule.
* Shakespeare
(literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
(printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.
(senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
(billiards) A carom.
An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also (symbol) and (index).
Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.
As nouns the difference between canon and icon
is that canon is while icon is an image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.canon
English
(wikipedia canon)Noun
(en noun)- The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
- Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
- (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
- the entire Shakespeare canon
- We must proceed according to canon law.
- Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
- A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
- a canon of beef or lamb
- (Knight)
Derived terms
* canon law * canonic * canonicity * canonical * canonise, canonize * canonisation, canonization * canonist * deuterocanonical * noncanonicalAnagrams
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English
(wikipedia icon)Alternative forms
* eikon, ikonNoun
(en noun)- That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.