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Emblem vs Decal - What's the difference?

emblem | decal |

As nouns the difference between emblem and decal

is that emblem is emblem while decal is a design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.

emblem

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
    • The trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross and were not supposed to be targeted.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek.
  • Something which represents a larger whole.
    • The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
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  • Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
    • (Milton)
  • A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

    • Related terms

    * emblematic * emblematical

    Synonyms

    * symbol * token (to betoken)

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    decal

    English

    (wikipedia decal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
  • (US) A decorative sticker.
  • * 1971
  • ** But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war.

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