Glyph vs Rune - What's the difference?
glyph | rune |
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.
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:
(obsolete) A roun.
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)Derived terms
* (l)Synonyms
* (typography) sortrune
English
(runes)Noun
(en noun)- the fiddle sang and sang as ceaselessly as the chanting cicada without, and the frogs intoning their sylvan runes by the waterside.