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Emblem vs Emblematic - What's the difference?

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Emblematic is a related term of emblem.



As a noun emblem

is a representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.

As an adjective emblematic is

serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.

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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    emblematic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type

    • Synonyms

    * symbolic * representative * exemplary