Landmark vs Symbolic - What's the difference?
landmark | symbolic |
A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.
* Anyone have any weird landmarks they often remember seeing along roads in the olden days? — [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/59ea1e6fe80efd60]
A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.
* ''Putting together a list of landmarks for Bangalore was not the easiest task." — [http://www.rediff.com/travel/1996/banland.htm]
A major, important event.
* He called the overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the recent elections in Afghanistan landmark events in the history of liberty. — [http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/18/bush.troops/]
(US) To officially designate a site or building as a landmark.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 25, author=Jeff Vandam, title=Preservationists’ Rallying Cry, work=New York Times
, passage=“Permitted demolition or stripping rarely occurs on landmarked buildings,” she said. Ms. de Bourbon also noted that the city already requires the Buildings Department to hold permits for 40 days for “calendared” properties — those currently under landmarks consideration — so the commission has a chance to designate them.}}
Pertaining to a symbol.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Referring to something with an implicit meaning.
As a noun landmark
is a recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.As a verb landmark
is (us) to officially designate a site or building as a landmark.As an adjective symbolic is
pertaining to a symbol.landmark
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Alternative forms
* land markNoun
(wikipedia landmark) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)citation
symbolic
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Adjective
(en adjective)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
