Emoticon vs Expression - What's the difference?
emoticon | expression |
A graphical representation, either in the form of an image or made up of text characters, of a particular emotion of the writer.
A particular way of phrasing an idea.
A colloquialism or idiom.
A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=9 (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
(biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
(programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
As nouns the difference between emoticon and expression
is that emoticon is emoticon while expression is a particular way of phrasing an idea.emoticon
English
(wikipedia emoticon)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* smileyHyponyms
* kaomojiUsage notes
In contexts with image-based emoticons, emoticon'' often refers specifically to image-based glyphs, while ''smiley refers to text-based ones.See also
* * emotag ----expression
English
(wikipedia expression)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}