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Glyph vs Rune - What's the difference?

glyph | rune |

As nouns the difference between glyph and rune

is that glyph is a figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea while rune is a letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.

glyph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
  • Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.
  • (typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
  • (architecture) A vertical groove.
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Synonyms

    * (typography) sort

    rune

    English

    (runes)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
  • A Finnish poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
  • Any verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; an incantation.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, page 15:
  • the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.
  • (obsolete) A roun.
  • Derived terms

    * runecraft * runelore * runester * runology, runologist

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