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Icon vs Trademark - What's the difference?

icon | trademark |

As nouns the difference between icon and trademark

is that icon is an , symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion while trademark is (identification of a company's product)A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.

As an adjective trademark is

distinctive, characteristic, signature.

As a verb trademark is

to register something as a trademark.

icon

English

(wikipedia icon)

Alternative forms

* eikon, ikon

Noun

(en noun)
  • An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
  • A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
  • A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
  • That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.
  • A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
  • (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also (symbol) and (index).
  • Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.
  • Derived terms

    * aniconic, aniconism * iconism

    Anagrams

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    trademark

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal) distinctive, characteristic, signature
  • * {{quote-news
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
  • Any proprietary business, product or service name.
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  • See also

    * brand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To register something as a trademark.
  • To so label a product.
  • Usage notes

    Among practitioners of trademark law, it is generally considered incorrect to use “trademark” as a verb; the preferred terminology would be to use'' a trademark or to ''register a trademark.