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Iconic vs Matterhorn - What's the difference?

iconic | matterhorn |

As an adjective iconic

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

As a proper noun matterhorn is

an iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of switzerland and italy.

iconic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
  • Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 29 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992) citation , page= , passage=In time The Simpsons would, indeed, resort to spoofing such decidedly non-spooktacular fare like E.T and Mr. And Mrs. Smith (both in “Treehouse Of Horror XVIII”) but in 1992 the field was wide-open and the show could cherry-pick the most iconic and beloved fright fare of all time.}}
  • (linguistics) Representing something; symbolic.
    • an iconic gesture in sign language

    Antonyms

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

    matterhorn

    English

    (wikipedia Matterhorn)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
  • (by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount.
  • * 1970 , ''Where Do We Stand Now?" by Henry J. Taylor, Prescott Evening Courier - Aug 14, 1970
    • A second feature is the Matterhorn of inflation that dominates the scene. The average postwar recession showed a 1.4 per cent decline in industrial wholesale prices.
  • * 2012 , Hedge your Bets in the Peak Oil Debate , by Richard Heinberg:
    • Meanwhile, soaring oil prices and plummeting real energy yields from liquid fuels have already left economic carnage in their wake, as a fragile global financial system perched on a Matterhorn of debt has been dealt blow after blow by the failure of the real economy to expand as expected.