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Symbolism vs Ideophone - What's the difference?

symbolism | ideophone |

As nouns the difference between symbolism and ideophone

is that symbolism is representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities while ideophone is a word that utilizes sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement.

symbolism

English

(wikipedia symbolism)

Noun

  • Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
  • (obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

    • References

    ideophone

    English

    (wikipedia ideophone)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A word that utilizes sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement.
  • * 1969 October, William J. Samarin, The Art of Gbeya Insults'', in ''International Journal of American Linguistics 35(4), page 325, [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-7071%28196910%2935%3A4%3C323%3ATAOGI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4]
    • In insults the ideophone occurs either in its characteristic position, the verb phrase, or uncharacteristically as a modifier in a noun phrase.

    Derived terms

    * ideophonic

    See also

    * phonosemantic * onomatopoeia