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Emblem vs Epitomize - What's the difference?

emblem | epitomize |

As a noun emblem

is emblem.

As a verb epitomize is

to make an epitome of.

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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    epitomize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * epitomise

    Verb

    (epitomiz)
  • To make an epitome of.
  • To be an epitome of.
  • * 1997 , Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics'', in ''Handbook of Logic and Language , ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99
    • The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

    Synonyms

    * sum up

    Derived terms

    * epitomizer * epitomization * epitomistic