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Ideogram vs Glyph - What's the difference?

ideogram | glyph |

As nouns the difference between ideogram and glyph

is that ideogram is a symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include numerals, many Chinese characters, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as & and @ while glyph is a figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.

ideogram

Alternative forms

* ideogramme (rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include numerals, many Chinese characters, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as .
  • Synonyms

    * (symbol) ideograph

    Derived terms

    * ideogrammatic * ideogrammatically

    Noun

  • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , ideogram, ideogrami , ideograma, ideograma , ideogramu, ideogramima , ideogram, ideograme , ideograme, ideogrami , ideogramu, ideogramima , ideogramom, ideogramima }}

    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