Emblem vs Signet - What's the difference?
emblem | signet |
A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
* Shakespeare
Something which represents a larger whole.
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Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
an object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin
* c.1600:' William Shakespeare, ''Hamlet'' - I had my father's ' signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal;
As nouns the difference between emblem and signet
is that emblem is a representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo while signet is an object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin.emblem
English
Noun
(en noun)- The trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross and were not supposed to be targeted.
- His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek.
- The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
- (Milton)