Parabolic vs Symbolic - What's the difference?
parabolic | symbolic |
Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid
Of or pertaining to a parable
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 adjectives the difference between parabolic and symbolic
is that parabolic is parabolic while symbolic is pertaining to a symbol.parabolic
English
Adjective
(-)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.}}