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Embodiment vs Emblem - What's the difference?

embodiment | emblem |

As nouns the difference between embodiment and emblem

is that embodiment is a physical entity typifying an abstraction while emblem is emblem.

embodiment

English

Noun

(wikipedia embodiment) (en noun)
  • a physical entity typifying an abstraction
    • You are the very embodiment of beauty.
  • * 1880 , W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe
    • The law is the true embodiment Of everything that's excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my Lords, embody the law.

    Synonyms

    * incarnation

    Derived terms

    * disembodiment

    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.
  • * '>citation
  • 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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