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Logogram vs Hieroglyphic - What's the difference?

logogram | hieroglyphic |

As nouns the difference between logogram and hieroglyphic

is that logogram is a character or symbol that represents a word or phrase (e.g. a character of the Chinese writing system) while hieroglyphic is a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus.

As an adjective hieroglyphic is

of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols.

logogram

English

Noun

(wikipedia logogram) (en noun)
  • A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase (e.g. a character of the Chinese writing system).
  • A graphical symbol representing a concept or thing, as in roadside signs; a logo.

    • Synonyms

    * (character or symbol that represents a word or phrase) logograph

    Related terms

    * ideogram * pictogram * lexigraph

    hieroglyphic

    English

    typical of the Graeco-Roman period.

    Alternative forms

    * hieroglyphick

    Noun

    (wikipedia hieroglyphic) (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
  • any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph
  • (by extension) undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
    • hieroglyphic writing
    hieroglyphic obelisk
  • difficult to decipher