Mascot vs Icon - What's the difference?
mascot | icon |
something thought to bring good luck
something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group
An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also (symbol) and (index).
Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.
As nouns the difference between mascot and icon
is that mascot is something thought to bring good luck while icon is an , symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.mascot
English
(wikipedia mascot)Noun
(en noun)- I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams. ,
- Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.
Derived terms
* mascotryAnagrams
* *icon
English
(wikipedia icon)Alternative forms
* eikon, ikonNoun
(en noun)- That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.