Monogram vs Symbol - What's the difference?
monogram | symbol |
(obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.
(obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.
A design composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution.
To mark something with a monogram.
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship.
(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or are slightly separated. Sometimes symbols represent objects or events that occupy space or things that are not physical and do not occupy space.
(crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
* Jeremy Taylor
Share; allotment.
* Jeremy Taylor
To symbolize.
As nouns the difference between monogram and symbol
is that monogram is (obsolete) a picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch or monogram can be (obsolete|rare) a sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry or monogram can be a design composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution while symbol is symbol.As a verb monogram
is to mark something with a monogram.monogram
English
Alternative forms
* monogramme (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) monogramme, from the Classical (etyl) adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured (etyl) * .Noun
(en noun)References
* “†monogram, n.''¹]” listed in the '' [draft revision; Mar. 2010
Etymology 2
Formed as , by analogy with epigram.Noun
(en noun)References
* “†monogram, n.''²]” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010
Etymology 3
The noun derives from the post-Classical (etyl) monogrammum, itself from the (etyl) ; compare the (etyl) and (etyl) monogramme, as well as the (etyl) monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.Noun
(en noun)References
* “monogram, n.''³]” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010
Verb
(monogramm)References
* “monogram, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010
Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----symbol
English
Noun
(en noun)- $ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.
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- ' is the octothorpe symbol .
- ''Chinese people use word symbols for writing.
- The lion is the symbol''' of courage; the lamb is the '''symbol of meekness or patience.
- The dollar symbol has no relationship to the concept of currency or any related idea.
- The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols .
- They do their work in the days of peace and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.
- The persons who are to be judged shall all appear to receive their symbol .
Derived terms
* status symbol * typographical symbolVerb
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