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Emblem vs Embody - What's the difference?

emblem | embody |

As a noun emblem

is emblem.

As a verb embody is

to represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify.

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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    embody

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
    • As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
  • * South
    • The soul, while it is embodied , can no more be divided from sin.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.}}
  • To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole
    • The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.
    The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.

    Derived terms

    * disembody * embodiment