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Logotype vs Pictogram - What's the difference?

logotype | pictogram |

As nouns the difference between logotype and pictogram

is that logotype is a symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo while pictogram is a picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.

logotype

English

(wikipedia logotype)

Noun

(logotypes)
  • A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.
  • A single type combining two or more letters; a ligature.

    • Synonyms

    * ligature * logo

    References

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    pictogram

    English

    (wikipedia 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 ----