Pictogram is a related term of ideogram.
As nouns the difference between ideogram and pictogram
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 pictogram is a picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
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
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pictogram
Alternative forms
* pictogramme (rare)
Noun
(
en noun)
A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
Usage notes
Strictly speaking, a pictogram'' represents by illustration, an ''ideogram'' represents an idea, and a ''logogram'' represents a word: Chinese characters are all logograms, but few are pictograms or ideograms. Casually, ''pictogram is used to represent all of these: it is a picture representing some concept.
Synonyms
* pictograph
* hieroglyph
Related terms
* ideogram
* logogram
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