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What is the difference between iconic and icon?

iconic | icon |

Icon is a related term of iconic.



In linguistics terms the difference between iconic and icon

is that iconic is representing something; symbolic while icon is a type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also {{term|symbol}} and {{term|index}}.

As an adjective iconic

is relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.

As a noun icon is

an , symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.

iconic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
  • Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
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  • (linguistics) Representing something; symbolic.
    • an iconic gesture in sign language

    Antonyms

    * (relating to an icon) aniconic * (linguistics) batonic

    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

    Related terms

    * iconic * iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic * iconify * iconography * iconstasis

    Anagrams

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