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Ideogram vs Monogram - What's the difference?

ideogram | monogram |

As nouns the difference between ideogram and monogram

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 monogram is a picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

As a verb monogram is

to mark something with a monogram.

ideogram

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * logogram * pictogram

    Noun

    • Declension

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

    monogram

    English

    Alternative forms

    * monogramme (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) monogramme, from the Classical (etyl) adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured (etyl) * .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

    • References

    * “ †monogram, n.''¹]” listed in the '' [draft revision; Mar. 2010

    Etymology 2

    Formed as , by analogy with epigram.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

    • References

    * “ †monogram, n.''²]” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010

    Etymology 3

    The noun derives from the post-Classical (etyl) monogrammum, itself from the (etyl) ; compare the (etyl) and (etyl) monogramme, as well as the (etyl) monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A design composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution.
    • References
    * “ monogram, n.''³]” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010

    Verb

    (monogramm)
  • To mark something with a monogram.
    • References
    * “ monogram, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010

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